Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) is a common thermoplastic polymer. Its glass transition temperature is approximately 105 °C (221 °F). ABS is amorphous and therefore has no true melting point.
Industries
- Food
- Refrigeration
- Automotive
- Recreation vehicles
This low-cost engineering plastic offers exceptional mechanical and surface strength for a wide range of parts used in high-impact applications. Easily machined, thermoformed and heatformed, ABS can also be painted and glued for added versatility. Excellent thermal and dimensional stability expand its machinability to preproduction prototypes.
- Medium strength
- Tough, hard and rigid
- Good chemical resistance
- Dimensional stability
- Creep resistant
- Electroplatable
- Outstanding formability
- Very high impact strength
- High tensile strength and stiffness
- Excellent high and low temperature performance
- Resistant to many plasticizers
- Excellent ductility
- Machined prototypes
- Structural components
- Support blocks
- Housings
- Covers
Note: This data is provided for guidance only. Performance must be verified by the user under actual application conditions.