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Lexan Polycarbonate Flat Sheet offer high impact strength

Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate materials offer a great blend of helpful features this includes temp resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates in between commodity plastics and engineering plastics.
Polycarbonate is a very rugged material. Though it features outstanding impact-resistance, it has low scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating can be applied to polycarbonate eye protection lenses and polycarbonate exterior automobile equipment. The properties of polycarbonate tend to be similar to that of those of Acrylic PMMA materials, except polycarbonate is definitely stronger, it is usable in a wider temperature range and is a bit more expensive. This plastic polymer is highly transparent to visible light and it has better light transmission characteristics than several types of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature of about 150 °C (302 °F), so it softens slowly above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools must be held at high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to produce strain- and stress-free products.
Unlike many thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo dramatic deformations without breaking. Due to this fact, it could be processed and formed   without needing to be heated using standard sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends on a brake. For even sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are important, which cannot be produced from sheet metal. Be aware that PMMA/Plexiglas, which happens to be similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and can't be bent unless it is heated.
Polycarbonate is frequently used in eye protection, along with other projectile-resistant see through or lighting applications that would normally indicate the use of glass, but require higher impact-resistance. Several types of lenses are created from polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety visors for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are normally made of polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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