All polycarbonate roofing sheets will provide property owners with a variety of benefits. These include their light weight, durability, insulative properties and safety. When combined, these benefits make polycarbonate a fantastic glazing option and a brilliant solution for many projects.
Polycarbonate is a high-performance tough, amorphous and transparent thermoplastic polymer and offers a unique combination of properties. PC is popularly used as an engineering plastic owing to its unique features that include: High impact strength, High dimensional stability, Good electrical properties amongst others.
Though the characteristics of polycarbonate are similar to polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, acrylic), but polycarbonate is stronger, usable in a wider temperature range. Some of the common applications are compact disc, safety helmets, bullet-proof glass, car headlamp lenses, baby feeding bottles, roofing and glazing etc.
PROPERTIES
Toughness and High Impact Strength – Polycarbonate has high strength making it resistant to impact and fracture, and further providing safety and comfort in applications that demand high reliability and performance. Also, PCs are virtually unbreakable.
Transmittance – PC is an extremely clear plastic that can transmit over 90% of light as good as glass. Polycarbonate sheets are available in a wide range of shades that can be customized depending on an end-user application.
Lightweight – This feature allows virtually unlimited possibilities to OEMs to design as compared with glass. The property also allows to increase efficiency, make installation process easier and reduce overall transportation costs.
Protection from UV Radiations – Polycarbonates can be designed to block ultraviolet radiation and provide 100% protection from harmful UV rays.
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