Abs Profiles By G. R. Plastics

ABS resins are hard, rigid, and tough, even at low temperatures. They consist of particles of a rubberlike toughener suspended in a continuous phase of styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) copolymer offering excellent levels of impact strength, heat resistance, flame retardant, and palatability.Most natural ABS resins are translucent to opaque, and they can be pigmented to almost any color. ABS profiles provide surface finishes ranging from satin to high gloss. ABS profiles offer a good balance of tensile strength, impact and abrasion resistance, dimensional stability, surface hardness, rigidity, heat resistance, low-temperature properties, chemical resistance, and electrical characteristics. These materials yield plastically at high stresses, so ultimate elongation is seldom significant in design; a part usually can be bent beyond its elastic limit without breaking, although it does stress-whiten. While not generally considered flexible, ABS parts have enough spring to accommodate snap-fit assembly requirements.
SAN Profile, a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile (no butadiene) that is hard, rigid, transparent, and characterized by excellent chemical resistance, dimensional stability, and ease of processing.Properties of SAN resins are controlled primarily through acrylonitrile content and molecular weight of the copolymer. Special grades of SAN profiles have excellent UV stability, vapor-barrier characteristics, and weather ability.