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DuPont Elvax® 3121A Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate Copolymer Resin for Blown Film  (discontinued **)
Categories: Polymer; Film; Thermoplastic; Ethylene Vinyl Acetate; Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer (EVA), Film Grade

Material Notes: 7.5 wt% Vinyl Acetate.

General Elvax® information: Elvax® packaging grade resins include low seal temperatures for use in coextrusions or for packaging temperature sensitive materials, excellent drawability for easy processing, good flex-crack resistance for liquid packaging, high toughness, low shrink for water bath applications, and excellent optical properties. It adheres to many materials. It is commonly used as a tie layer in certain coextrusions with dissimilar surfaces.

Information provided by DuPont Packaging Polymers.

This product line/trade name was acquired by Dow, but this specific grade was discontinued prior to the acquisition.

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Physical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Density 0.930 g/ccASTM D792
Moisture Vapor Transmission 0.590 cc-mm/m²-24hr-atm
@Thickness 0.0254 mm
g-mm/m²-day; based on film thickness; ASTM E96; ASTM E96
Oxygen Transmission 229 cc-mm/m²-24hr-atm
@Thickness 0.0254 mm
film; ASTM D3985
Melt Flow 0.35 g/10 minCondition not noted.; ASTM D1238
 
Mechanical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Film Elongation at Break, MD 450 %MD-TD Average; ASTM D882
Film Elongation at Break, TD 450 %MD-TD Average; ASTM D882
Impact 16J/mm Spencer Impact; Average of MD and TD; ASTM D3420
Elmendorf Tear Strength, MD 89.0 g/milAverage of MD and TD; ASTM D1922
Film Tensile Strength at Break, MD 24.8 MPaMD-TD Average; ASTM D882
 
Thermal PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Melting Point 84.0 °CFreezing Point via DSC/ASTM D3418
 100 °CUpon Melting via DSC/ASTM D3418
Vicat Softening Point 88.0 °CASTM D1525
 
Optical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Haze 12 %ASTM D1003
Gloss 28 %20°; ASTM D2457

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