Eastman Tritan™ LX201 Copolyester

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Eastman Tritan™ LX201 Copolyester
Categories:	Polymer; Thermoplastic; Polyester, TP
Material Notes:	Eastman Tritan LX201 is an amorphous copolyester with excellent appearance and clarity. Tritan LX201 contains a mold release derived from vegetable based sources. Its most outstanding features are excellent toughness, hydrolytic stability, and heat and chemical resistance. Tritan LX201 was developed for the cosmetic, fragrance, and personal care markets. Tritan LX201 can easily be converted into articles for application in Consumer and Personal Care markets by injection molding, extrusion blow molding, and injection blow molding. Application/Uses Cosmetics hot-fill packaging Cosmetics/personal care packaging Fragrance packaging Key Attributes Ease of Processing Excellent clarity Fast drying times Good chemical resistance Good heat resistance Outstanding impact resistance Typical properties as reported are preliminary. Information was provided by Eastman.
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Physical Properties	Original Value	Comments

Specific Gravity	1.17 g/cc	ASTM D792
Linear Mold Shrinkage	0.0050 - 0.0070 in/in	ASTM D955

Mechanical Properties	Original Value	Comments
Hardness, Rockwell R	115	ASTM D785
Tensile Strength at Break	53.0 MPa	ASTM D638
Tensile Strength, Yield	44.0 MPa	ASTM D638
Elongation at Break	140 %	ASTM D638
Elongation at Yield	7.0 %	ASTM D638
Tensile Modulus	1585 MPa	ASTM D638
Flexural Yield Strength	66.0 MPa	ASTM D790
Flexural Modulus	1585 MPa	ASTM D790
Izod Impact, Notched	126 J/m @Temperature -40.0 °C	ASTM D256
	650 J/m @Temperature 23.0 °C	ASTM D256
Izod Impact, Unnotched	NB @Temperature 23.0 °C	ASTM D4812
	NB @Temperature -40.0 °C	ASTM D4812
Puncture Energy	59.0 J @Temperature 23.0 °C	Energy @ Max. Load; ASTM D3763
	63.0 J @Temperature -40.0 °C	Energy @ Max. Load; ASTM D3763

Thermal Properties	Original Value	Comments
Deflection Temperature at 0.46 MPa (66 psi)	109 °C	ASTM D648
Deflection Temperature at 1.8 MPa (264 psi)	92.0 °C	ASTM D648

Optical Properties	Original Value	Comments
Haze	<= 1.0 %	ASTM D1003
Transmission, Visible	92 %	ASTM D1003

Processing Properties	Original Value	Comments
Processing Temperature	260 - 282 °C
Mold Temperature	38.0 - 66.0 °C
Drying Temperature	88.0 °C
Dry Time	4 - 6 hour

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