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Table of Tuftec™ H Grades and Properties

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Tuftec™ H hydrogenated styrenic thermoplastic elastomers

Grade No.					H1031	H1041	H1043	H1051	H1052	H1053	H1062	H1141	H1221	H1272
Property		Test method	Test cond.	Units
Specific gravity		ASTM D 297	-	-	0.91	0.91	0.97	0.93	0.89	0.91	0.89	0.91	0.89	0.90
MFR		ASTM D 1238	230°C, 2.16 kg	g/10 min	150	5.0	2.0	0.8	13	1.8	4.5	140	4.5	-
MFR			200°C, 5 kg	g/10 min	80	3.5	-	0.5	10	-	-	-	-	-
MFR			190°C, 2.16 kg	g/10 min	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
Hardness		JIS K 6253	Durometer Type A	-	82	84	72*	96	67	79	67	84	42	35
Tensile strength		JIS K 6251	#3 dumbbell, 500 mm/min	MPa	12.7	21.6	10.3	32.3	11.8	24.6	15	2.7	9.5	18.6
Elongation				%	650	650	20	600	700	550	670	520	980	950
300% tensile stress				MPa	3.2	3.4	-	8.3	2.5	4.8	4.3	2.8	1.0	1.0
Heat - aging resistance	Tensile strength retention	ISO 188	Normal oven method 120°C, 168 hr	%	-	97	99	-	99	98	97	100	-	98
	Elongation retention			%	-	101	96	-	98	98	100	97	-	99
	Discoloring			-	-	L/N	L/N	-	L/N	L/N	L/N	L/N	-	L/N
S/EB ratio		Asahi Kasei method	-	wt%	30/70	30/70	67/33	42/58	20/80	29/71	18/82	30/70	12/88	35/65
Product form					Pellet	Pellet	Pellet	Pellet	Pellet	Pellet	Pellet	Pellet	Pellet	Pellet

L/N: Little or none; absent or generally negligible for most purposes.
*Type D.

Table of Tuftec™ M Grades and Properties

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Tuftec™ M modified hydrogenated styrenic thermoplastic elastomers

Grade No.					M1911	M1913	M1943
Special characteristics					Low acid group	High acid group	Low-styrene High acid group
Property		Test method	Test cond.	Units
Specific gravity		ASTM D 297	-	-	0.91	0.92	0.90
MFR (L)		ASTM D 1238	230°C, 2.16 kg	g/10 min	4.5	5.0	8.0
MFR (G)		ASTM D 1238	200°C, 5 kg	g/10 min	3.5	4.0	6.0
Hardness		JIS K 6253-1993	Durometer Type A	-	84	84	67
Tensile strength		JIS K 6251-1993	#3 dumbbell, 500 mm/min	MPa	22	22	11
Elongation				%	650	600	650
300% tensile stress				MPa	4.1	4.4	2.9
Tensile modulus		JIS K 7113-1981	10 mm/min	MPa	20	25	6.9
Heat-aging resistance	Tensile strength retention	ISO 188	Normal oven method 120°C, 168 hr	%	99	98	99
	Elongation retention			%	96	95	98
	Discoloring			-	L/N	L/N	L/N
Acid value		Titration method	-	mg CH₃ONa per g polymer	2	10	10
S/EB ratio		Asahi Kasei method	-	wt%	30/70	30/70	20/80
Product form					Pellet	Pellet	Pellet
Typical applications: Excellent graft and polymer reaction with reactive compounds and polymers bearing reactive groups; improvement of resin impact strength and other characteristics. Improvement of polymer adhesion to metals.

L/N: Little or none; absent or generally negligible for most purposes.

Table of Tuftec™ P Grades and Properties

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Tuftec™ P selectively hydrogenated styrenic thermoplastic elastomers

Grade No.
P1000 P2000

Property Test method Test condition Units

Specific gravity
ASTM D 297 - - 0.94 0.98

MFR (E)
ASTM D1238 190°C, 2.16kg g/10 min 4 3

Hardness
JIS K 6253-1993 Durometer
Type A - 69 74*¹⁾

Tensile strength
JIS K 6251-1993 #3 dumbbell,
500 mm/min MPa 3.3 24.5

Elongation
% 780 42

300% modulus
MPa 2.1 4.4

Viscosity as 15% solution in toluene
- cP 35 -

S/BB ratio
Asahi Kasei method - wt% 30/70 67/33

Product form
Pellet Pellet

*¹⁾ Type D

Please note that all data and values are given as typical results obtained with the indicated test methods for purposes of
basic reference in grade selection only, and not as any product specification or warranty of any nature,
and are subject to change without notice.

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