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Rulon Bearings

Telles M-vera™ B5008 Film Grade Compostable Bioplastic  (discontinued **)
Categories: Polymer; Film; Renewable/Recycled Polymer; Thermoplastic

Material Notes: B5008 is a compostable film product with 30% biobased carbon content that is ideal for compost bags and can liners used for organic waste diversion and for shopping and retail bags.

Features:

  • Meets requirements of EN 13432
  • Certified as “compostable” by Vinçotte
  • Designed for blown/cast film processing
  • Excellent melt strength
  • Very good drawdown stability
  • Tough, tear-resistant film
  • Good barrier to water vapor, oxygen and odor
  • Good adhesion with other compostable polymers

Property data for blown films; properties vary markedly with processing conditions.

Telles is a joint venture between Metabolix and Archer Daniels Midland Company.

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Physical PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Specific Gravity 1.30 g/cc1.30 g/ccASTM D792
Moisture Vapor Transmission 3.54 cc-mm/m²-24hr-atm
@Temperature 37.8 °C
9.00 cc-mil/100 in²-24hr-atm
@Temperature 100 °F
100% RH; ASTM F1249-01
Oxygen Transmission 31.5 cc-mm/m²-24hr-atm80.0 cc-mil/100 in²-24hr-atmASTM D3985
Viscosity 600 cP
@Shear Rate 50 1/s,
Temperature 190 °C
600 cP
@Shear Rate 50 1/s,
Temperature 374 °F
Apparent melt viscosity; ASTM D3835
Thickness 20.0 microns0.787 milAs tested
 
Mechanical PropertiesMetricEnglishComments
Film Elongation at Break, MD 240 %240 %ASTM D882
Film Elongation at Break, TD 260 %260 %ASTM D882
Secant Modulus, MD 0.180 GPa26.1 ksiASTM D882
Secant Modulus, TD 0.160 GPa23.2 ksiASTM D882
Coefficient of Friction, Static 0.250.25ASTM D1894
Elmendorf Tear Strength, MD 9.84 g/micron250 g/milASTM D1922
Elmendorf Tear Strength, TD 17.3 g/micron440 g/milASTM D1922
Dart Drop 6.69 g/micron170 g/milASTM D1709
Film Tensile Strength at Break, MD 25.0 MPa3630 psiASTM D882
Film Tensile Strength at Break, TD 21.0 MPa3050 psiASTM D882

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