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Don't turn a blind eye to jump-start safety...found advice to share: Check your battery for cracks, corrosion and loose wires every time you change your oil. Wear splash-proof polycarbonate goggles - Z-87 label on the frame (certified for use during auto repairs) -- when... In this article: Hydrogen, Oxygen, Polycarbonate, Honda Odyssey, Purcellville, and Chicago |
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Medical News Today | 2 days ago
World Summit On Food Security Wraps Up
...read our terms and conditions. Contact Our News Editors New research from the US suggests that people who drink from bottles made of polycarbonate plastic, such as that used to make hard-plastic drinking bottles and baby bottles, have a...
In this article: Food and Agriculture Organization, Jacques Diouf, Oxfam, U.N., Wraps, World Summit, Medical advice, Millennium Summit, and Vancouver Sun
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Wired: GeekDad | 3 days ago
Revisit a Misspent R/C Youth
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International Herald Tribune | 3 days ago
Casio Gets Tough With a Rugged Camera
...to 14 degrees F. The frame of this solid 12.1-megapixel shooter is built from stainless steel and its inner body is constructed of polycarbonate reinforced with fiberglass. Yet the EX-G1 weighs only 5.4 ounces and measures a svelte...
In this article: Casio
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Computer World | 3 days ago
Macintosh buying guide
...not seem obvious when you look at the MacBook, but it has undergone a dramatic change. The new MacBook, released in October, still has a polycarbonate plastic like its predecessor released in June, but the new MacBook features a unibody...
In this article: MacBook, Apple, MacBook Pro, Xerox, and Iphone
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Cnet | 4 days ago
Casio gives us something else to beat the hell out of
...a 7-foot drop because of a two-layer construction with a stainless steel outer casing, a resin ring protecting the lens, and a polycarbonate cover on the body side near the shutter. The wrist-strap holder is made of die-cast zinc and that...
In this article: Panasonic, Zinc, CNET TV, Fujifilm, Twitter, and Canon
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Gearlog | 4 days ago
Super Team Up: Griffin and Threadless
...it? It can, now that case-maker Griffin has partnered with clothing co-op Threadless. The first offering of this team-up is a slim polycarbonate iPhone case featuring one of two original Threadless images: clouds within the thunder and...
In this article: Threadless, Griffin Technology, Iphone, and Chicago
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Medical News Today | 6 days ago
Origin Of Dissolved Arsenic In Bangladesh Drinking Water Pinpointed By MIT Scientists
...information, please read our terms and conditions. New research from the US suggests that people who drink from bottles made of polycarbonate plastic, such as that used to make hard-plastic drinking bottles and baby bottles, have a...
In this article: Arsenic, Bangladesh, Carbon, MIT, Cancer, and Geoscience
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New Scientist - Latest Headlines | November 13, 2009
Plastic-hardening chemical makes men soft
I'm tired of hearing about how "we" should be worried about this. All these worries are completely mislead. BPA is not "in" polycarbonate. Polycarbonate is made from BPA. So once PC is synthesized, there is no threat to consumers. There are...
In this article: US Food And Drug Administration, Hormone, Kaiser Permanente, US, Oakland, California, and Washington Post
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San Francisco Chronicle | November 13, 2009
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Bird-B-Gone Announces Patent on Polycarbonate Bird Spikes Bird-B-Gone, Inc. a leading manufacturer of effective and humane professional bird control products has been granted US Patent 7596910 on their polycarbonate bird spike, Bird Spike...
In this article: Mission Viejo, CA
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Telegraph.co.uk - Gardening | November 10, 2009
Greenhouses: why polycarbonate beats glass
Why by a glass house when polycarbonate is stronger and increasingly affordable? Plant protection: polycarbonate cold frames are stronger and lighter than the glass equivalent. I suppose I am a bit of a traditionalist at heart and if...
In this article: Payback period, Penstemon, Sunburn, Europe, and Germany
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Description from Wikipedia:
Polycarbonate
Physical Properties
Density (ρ)1200-1220 kg/m³
Abbe number (V)34.0
Refractive index (n), 1.584-6
FlammabilityV0-V2
Limiting oxygen index25-27%
Water absorption - Equilibrium, (ASTM)0.16-0.35%
Water absorption - over 24 hours0.1%
Radiation resistanceFair
Ultraviolet (1-380nm) resistanceFair
Mechanical Properties
Young's modulus (E)2-2.4 G, Pa
Tensile strength (σt)55-75 M, Pa
Compressive strength (σc)>80 M, Pa
Elongation (ε) @ break80-150%
Poisson's ratio (ν)0.37
Hardness - RockwellM70
Izod impact strength600-850 J/m
Notch test20-35 k, J/m²
Abrasive resistance - ASTM D104410-15 m, g/1000 cycles
Coefficient of friction (μ)0.31
Near to Short-wave Infrared Transmittance Spectrum
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