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Home Raceway, Duct, Conduit Wire Duct Technical Characteristics of Materials
Technical Characteristics of Wire Duct Materials
Material | Rigid PVC | Polypropylene | Polyamide 6 | Polyethylene | Flame Retardant Polyethylene | ||
Technical Characteristics | Test Standard | Unit of Measure | |||||
Chemical-Physical Properties | |||||||
Specific gravity | DIN 53479 | g/cm³ | 1.55 | 1.01 | 1.14 | 0.92 | 0.97 |
Formaldehyde | - | ppm | absent | absent | - | absent | absent |
Cadmium | - | ppm | absent | absent | - | £10 | £10 |
Mechanical Properties | |||||||
Tensile stress at break | DIN 53455 | MPa | 39 | 28 | 45 | 17 | 15 |
Elongation at break | DIN 53455 | % | 130 | 200 | 250 | 400 | 600 |
Modulus of elasticity | DIN 53457 | MPa | 3200 | 1700 | 1100 | 340 | 1400 |
Thermal Properties | |||||||
Temperature VICAT | DIN 53460 | ºC | 84 | 95 | 198 | 90 | 95 |
HDT | ISO 75 R | °C | 73 | 60 | 68 | 40 | 50 |
Continuous Operation Temp | - | °C | 65 | 100 | 70 | 70 | 85 |
Electrical Properties | |||||||
Dielectric constant | DIN 53483 | - | 3.4 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
Dielectric strength | DIN 53481 | kV/mm | 35 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 14 |
Surface resistance | IEC 93 | Ohm | 1013 | 1013 | 1012 | 1013 | 1012 |
Self-Extinguishing | |||||||
Self-Extinguishing UL 94 3.2 mil. | UL 94 | - | V-0 | V-0 | V-2 | HB | V-1 |
Self-Extinguishing UL 94 1.6 mil. | UL 94 | - | V-0 | V-0 | - | HB | V-2 |
Hot Wire Test (2mm) | CEI 50-11 | °C | 960 | 960 | 650 | 650 | 850 |
CSTB Classification | CSTB | - | M1 | - | - | - | M3 |
Oxygen number | ASTM D 2863 | % | 43 | 30 | 25 | 17.5 | 25 |