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Tritan FX100

Copolyester

Supplied by Eastman Chemical Company

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Product Description
Eastman Tritan FX100 is an amorphous copolyester that combines excellent clarity and toughness with outstanding heat and chemical resistance. Films manufactured from this new-generation copolyester can be thermoformed without pre-drying and with a wide processing window that allows for product designs that reflect intricate detail. Eastman Tritan FX100 copolyester may be used in repeated use food contact articles under United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations. Eastman Tritan FX100 copolyester is certified to NSF/ANSI Standard 51 for Food Equipment Materials.
General  
Material Status 
  • Commercial: Active
Availability 
  • Africa & Middle East
  • Asia Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • North America
Features 
  • Amorphous
  • BPA Free
  • Food Contact Acceptable
  • Good Chemical Resistance
  • Good Toughness
  • High Clarity
  • High Heat Resistance
Uses 
  • Consumer Applications
  • Film
  • Safety Equipment
Agency Ratings 
 
Physical
Nominal Value
Unit
Test Method
Specific Gravity
 
ASTM D792
Water Absorption (24 hr, 0.00984 in)
%
ASTM D570
Mechanical
Nominal Value
Unit
Test Method
Taber Abrasion Resistance 2
%
ASTM D1044
Films
Nominal Value
Unit
Test Method
Film Thickness - Tested
mil
 
Film Puncture Energy 3 (9.8 mil)
in·lb
ASTM D3763
Secant Modulus
    ASTM D882
MD: 9.8 mil
psi
 
TD: 9.8 mil
psi
 
Tensile Strength
    ASTM D882
MD: Yield, 9.8 mil
psi
 
TD: Yield, 9.8 mil
psi
 
MD: Break, 9.8 mil
psi
 
TD: Break, 9.8 mil
psi
 
Tensile Elongation
    ASTM D882
MD: Yield, 9.8 mil
%
 
TD: Yield, 9.8 mil
%
 
MD: Break, 9.8 mil
%
 
TD: Break
%
 
Dart Drop Impact
    ASTM D1709A
-22°F, 9.8 mil
g
 
73°F, 9.8 mil
g
 
Trouser Tear Resistance 4
    ISO 6383-1
MD: 9.8 mil
lbf/in
 
TD: 9.8 mil
lbf/in
 
Oxygen Permeability (9.8 mil)
cm³/100 in²/24 hr
ASTM D1434
Oxygen Permeability (9.8 mil)
cm³·mil/100in²/atm/24 hr
ASTM D3985
Water Vapor Transmission Rate
    ASTM F1249
100°F, 9.8 mil
g·mil/100in²/atm/24 hr
 
73°F, 9.8 mil
g·mil/100in²/atm/24 hr
 
Elmendorf Tear Strength
     
MD: 9.8 mil
N
ASTM D1922
TD: 9.8 mil
N
 
PPT Tear Resistance
    ASTM D2582
MD: 9.8 mil
N
 
TD: 9.8 mil
N
 
Tear Propagation Resistance
    ASTM D1938
MD: 9.8 mil
N
 
TD: 9.8 mil
N
 
Elastomers
Nominal Value
Unit
Test Method
Tear Strength
    ASTM D1938
Split 5
lbf/in
 
Split 6
lbf/in
 
Thermal
Nominal Value
Unit
Test Method
Melting Temperature
°F
 
CLTE - Flow (0.00984 in)
in/in/°F
ASTM D696
Specific Heat
    DSC
140°F
Btu/lb/°F
 
212°F
Btu/lb/°F
 
302°F
Btu/lb/°F
 
392°F
Btu/lb/°F
 
482°F
Btu/lb/°F
 
Optical
Nominal Value
Unit
Test Method
Gloss (60°, 9.84 mil)
 
ASTM D2457
Refractive Index
 
ASTM D542
Transmittance (9.84 mil)
%
ASTM D1003
Haze (9.84 mil)
%
ASTM D1003
Yellowness Index (9.84 in)
YI
ASTM D1925
UV Transmittance 7 (9.8 mil)
%
 
Additional Information
Nominal Value
Unit
Test Method
Surface Energy
    ASTM D5946
Dispersive: 9.8 mil
lbf/in
 
Polar: 9.8 in
lbf/in
 
Total: 9.8 mil
lbf/in
 
Related Terminology
Product names can be difficult to match. You may have searched any one of these terms to find this product: Tritan FX100, Tritan , TritanFX100, FX 100, FX100, Copolyester, Polyester, Eastman, 100FX
Features
Features may also be described by the following terms: Good Chemical Resistance, Chemical Resistant, High Clarity, High Heat Resistance, Good Toughness, Tough, BPA Free, Bisphenol A Free.
Agency Ratings
This plastic material has 2 certifications from the following agencies (the number in parentheses shows the number of certifications for that agency): NSF (1), FDA (1).
Notes
1Typical properties: these are not to be construed as specifications.
2average at 25 cycles
3Dynatup, Total Energy
47.9 in/min
5TD, 250 µm
6MD, 250 µm
7% Transmission at 380 nm
 
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