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DuPont Teijin Films

Melinex® 542

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)

 

 

 

Description

Melinex® 542 is a slightly hazy polyester film with an adhesion promoting pretreatment on both sides. The pretreatment enables numerous solvent and UV inks and lacquers to be coated with excellent adhesion. The film is tear resistant , and excellent handling characteristics and also good dimensional stability when exposed to variations in temperature and humidity.

Applications

Reprographics industry

Pre-treatment

Two side Chemically treated

Approvals

TBA

 

 

 

Properties

Unit

Test Method

Other

 

 

 

Thickness Micron

um

Micrometer method

 

36

50

 

Thickness Gauge

gauge

 

 

144

200

 

Thickness Thou

"

 

 

.0014

.002

 

Yield

Substance Yield g/M2

g/M2

 

 

50

71

 

Yield M2/ Kg

M2/Kg

 

 

20

14

 

Optical Properties

Haze

-

 ASTM D1003-77

 

9

13

 

Yellow Index

-

 ASTM D1925

 

<8.5

<8.5

 

Mechanical Properties MD

Tensile Strength

kgf/mm2

ASTM D 882-83

 

20

20

 

F-5 ( force to elongate 5% of gauge length )

kgf/mm2

ASTM D 882-83

 

10

10

 

Slip ( coefficient of static friction)

kgf/mm2

ASTM D 1894-78

 

0.5

0.5

 

Mechanical Properties TD

Tensile Strength

kgf/mm2

ASTM D 882-83

 

26

26

 

F-5 ( force to elongate 5% of gauge length )

kgf/mm2

ASTM D 882-83

 

10

10

 

Slip ( coefficient of static friction)

kgf/mm2

ASTM D 1894-78

 

0.5

0.5

 

Thermal Properties

Upper Melt temperature

Coefficient of thermal expansion ( between 20 and 50 deg C

deg C (cm/cm deg C)

ASTM E794-85

19 x 10(pow.-6)MD

19 x 10(pow. -6)TD

255-260.

 

255-260

 

Other

Relative Density (at 23 deg C)

ASTM D1505-79

Modified to melinex test

1.4

1.4

 

Shrinkage

MD

%

ASTM E794-85

 after 5 mins at 190 deg C

2.5

2.5

 

TD

%

 

 after 5 mins at 190 deg C

0.5

0.5

 

Other

 
Other Specifications:

Melinex 542 : 75, 100, 125 micron

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