Characteristics
The most important mechanical properties of ABS are impact resistance and toughness. ABS is easily machined. Common machining techniques include turning, drilling, milling, sawing, die-cutting and shearing. ABS can be cut with standard shop tools and line bent with standard heat strips. ABS can be chemically affixed to itself and other like-plastics.
Applications
ABS's light weight and ability to be injection molded and extruded make it useful in manufacturing products, such as trim components, automotive bumper bars, enclosures for electrical and electronic assemblies. When melted into a filament, ABS plastic is a common material used in 3D printers, allowing APAC to conduct rapid prototyping.
Technical Specifications
The guaranteed minimum mechanical properties of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Impact Grade, Moulded are shown below.
| Physical Properties |
Metric |
| Density |
1.08 g/cc |
| Water Absorption |
0.488 % |
| Moisture Absorption at Equilibrium |
0.206 % |
| Water Absorption at Saturation |
1.0 % |
| Linear Mold Shrinkage |
0.00519 cm/cm |
| Melt Flow |
9.66 g/10 min |
| Mechanical Properties |
Metric |
| Hardness, Rockwell M |
103 |
| Hardness, Rockwell R |
104 |
| Hardness, H358/30 |
86.5 MPa |
| Ball Indentation Hardness |
92.8 MPa |
| Tensile Strength, Ultimate |
40.4 MPa |
| Tensile Strength, Yield |
42.7 MPa |
| Elongation at Break |
23.1% |
| Modulus of Elasticity |
2.11 GPa |
| Flexural Yield Strength |
72.8 MPa |
| Electrical Properties |
Metric |
| Electrical Resistivity |
5.40e+15 ohm-cm |
| Dielectric Constant |
2.92 |
| Arc Resistance |
80.0 sec |
| Hot Wire Ignition, HWI |
20.1 sec |
| High Amp Arc Ignition, HAI |
122 arcs |
| Thermal Properties |
Metric |
| CTE, linear |
87.1 µm/m-°C |
| Thermal Conductivity |
0.190 W/m-K |
| Glass Transition Temp, Tg |
105 - 108 °C |
| Flammability, UL94 |
HB - V-0 |
| Processing Properties |
Metric |
| Processing Temperature |
238 °C |
| Melt Temperature |
223 °C |
| Moisture Content |
0.167 % |
| Injection Pressure |
41.8 MPa |