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PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
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TEST METHODS
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AVERAGE RESULTS
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| Thickness |
ASTM D 1000
-Substrate
-Adhesive
-Total |
0.0030 inch (0.0762 mm)
0.0006 inch (0.0152 mm)
0.0036 inch (0.0914 mm)
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Adhesion to:
-Stainless Steel
-Polypropylene |
ASTM D 1000
20 minute dwell |
Fiber tear upon removal
from all listed surfaces.
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| Tack |
ASTM D 2979
Polyken™ Probe Tack
(1 second dwell, 1 cm/sec separation) |
25 oz (700 g)
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| Tensile Strength |
ASTM D 1000
-Machine direction
-Cross direction |
29 lbs/inch (508 N/100 mm)
21 lbs/inch (368 N/100 mm)
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| Application Temperature |
Lowest application temperature to stainless steel |
25°F (-4°C)
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Performance properties tested on B-759 printed with Hewlett Packard LaserJet 6P printer. Printed samples were laminated to aluminum and allowed to dwell 24 hours before exposure to the indicated environmental conditions.
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PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES
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TEST METHOD
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TYPICAL RESULTS
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| Short Term High Service Temperature |
15 minutes at 320°F (160°C) |
No visible effect at 160°C, slight label discoloration at 200°C |
| Long Term High Service Temperature |
30 days at 193°F (90°C) |
No visible effect at 90°C, at 110°C label discolors slightly but still functional |
| Low Service Temperature |
30 days at -94°F (-70°C) |
No visible effect |
| Humidity Resistance |
30 days at 100°F (37°C) and 95% R.H. |
No visible effect |
| UV Light Resistance |
30 days in UV Sunlighter™ 100 |
No visible effect |
| Abrasion Resistance |
Taber Abraser, CS-10 grinding wheels, 500 g/arm (Fed. Std. 191A, Method 5306) |
Print legible to 250 cycles |
Product testing, customer feedback, and history of similar products, support a customer performance expectation of at least two years from the date of receipt for this product as long as this product is stored in its original packaging in an environment below 80°F (27°C) and 60% RH . We are confident that our product will perform well beyond this time frame. However, it remains the responsibility of the user to assess the risk of using such product. We encourage customers to develop functional testing protocols that will qualify a product's fitness for use in their actual applications.