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Somos ® PerFORM
Material type: Plastic, High temperature resistance, High hardness
Somos® PerFORM is a strong-performance, very hard, and high temperature-resistant composite material developed by DSM. It is suitable for making all kinds of injection molds, wind tunnel test pieces, waterway test pieces, etc. After heat treatment, the color of the white material will be darkened.
Process compatibility
Material Color
Nano-Ceramic White
Material advantages
The surface of the part has high resolution. It does not require excessive post-processing procedures, and the details are preserved well. Parts temperature resistance can reach 276 ℃ and it is very hard.
Material shortcomings
Poor toughness.
Recommended description
It can be directly used to make electrical enclosures, auto parts enclosures, injection molds, etc.; the parts are suitable for thermal performance testing, wind tunnel testing, etc.; production fixtures, fixtures, and testing tools.
Properties
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Heat distortion temperature (HDT@0.455 MPa) (ASTM Method D648, post heat curing) | 276℃ |
| Heat distortion temperature (HDT@1.82 MPa) (ASTM Method D150, post heat curing) | 122℃ |
| Shore Hardness (ASTM Method D2240) | 92D |
| Tensile strength (ASTM Method D638) | 68MPa |
| Elongation at break (ASTM Method D638) | 1.1% |
| Bending strength (ASTM Method D638) | 67Mpa |
| Flexural modulus (ASTM Method D638) | 10000Mpa |
| Notched impact strength (ASTM Method D256) | 16.9J/m2 |
| Water absorption (ASTM Method D570-98) | 0.19% |
| Poisson's ratio (ASTM Method D638) | 0.318% |
* This material has higher temperature resistance and higher hardness, but less toughness. If you have special requirements for use, please contact sales rep for solutions.
Common applications
• Aerospace, auto parts thermal performance test, wind tunnel test.
• Final parts and verification parts for electronic and electrical products.
• Injection molds
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