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INEOS HDPE  K38-20-160 - INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA - 

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INEOS HDPE K38-20-160 by INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA is a MDPE (Polyethylene, Medium Density) plastic material.
General Information
Product Description

K38-20-160 is a yellow medium density polyethylene resin designed specifically for natural gas pipe extrusion. It exhibits excellent long term stress life and environmental stress crack resistance. This material is certified to CSA Standard B137.4-02 and is recognized by the Plastics Pipe Institute as having a PE 2406 and PE 80 rating. The natural version of this resin is available as K38-20-188.

General  
Material Status
  • Commercial: Active
  • Availability
  • North America
  • Test Standards Available
  • ASTM
  • Features
  • High ESCR (Stress Crack Resist.)
  • Medium Density
  • Uses
  • Piping
  • Appearance
  • Yellow
  • Forms
  • Pellets
  • Processing Method
  • Extrusion
  • Pipe Extrusion
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    Other Information for this Plastic
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    Agency Rating 
    This plastic material has 3 certifications from the following agencies (the number in parentheses shows the number of certifications for that agency): PPI (2), CSA (1). This is just a summary of complete data available in IDES' Prospector.
    Features (Alternate Representations) 
    High Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance, High ESCR, Stress Cracking Resistant, Medium Density, Medium Specific Gravity.
    Uses (Alternate Representations) 
    Piping, Pipe.
    Spelling Variations 
    The terms listed below may be used to identify this product. They are provided to assist you in finding pertinent documentation from supplier and non-supplier sources. They are included for informational purposes only, and are typically NOT representations that have been specified by the supplier. Possible spelling variations for terms related to this product are:

    INEOS HDPE K3820160, INEOSHDPEK3820160, INEOS HDPE , INEOSHDPE, K3820160, K38:20:160, K38/20/160, K38+20+160, K38_20_160, K38 20 160, K 38-20-160, K38-20-160, 38-20-160K, K38, K 38, 38K, HDPEK38-20-160, HDPEK3820160, HDPEK38:20:160, HDPEK38/20/160, HDPEK38+20+160, HDPEK38_20_160, HDPEK38 20 160, HDPEK 38-20-160, 38-20-160HDPEK, HDPEK38, HDPEK 38, 38HDPEK, Polyethylene, Medium Density, Polyethylene Medium Density, PolyethyleneMediumDensity, MDPE, Polyethylene, PE, Ineos USA
     
    INEOS HDPE K38-20-160 - Ineos USA - Polyethylene, Medium Density Plastic

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