Melting Points Of Plastics

Melting Point

The melting point of a substance ( Polymer ) is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid.

1. Polyolefins

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Low density polyethylene	LDPE	110
High density polyethylene	HDPE	130
Linear low density polyethylene	LLDPE	125
High molecular high density polyethylene	HMHDPE	135
Ultra high molecular HDPE	UHMHDPE	130
Polypropylene	PP	160

2. Chlorinated Polymers

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Poly vinyl chloride	PVC	160-220
Poly vinyledene chloride	PVDC	190-200
Chlorinated PVC	PVCC	200-210
Co-polymer of vinyl chloride & vinyl acetate	PVC-co-VA	130
Poly vinyl alcohol	PVA	218
Poly vinyl acetate	PVAc	175

 3. Fluoro Polymer

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Polyvinyl fluoride	PVF	200
Poly vinyledene fluoride	PVDF	172
Ploy chloro tri fluoro ethylene	PCTFE	210
Poly tetra fluoro ethylene	PTFE	320

 4. Polystyrene & co-polymer

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene	ABS	200-210
Styrene acrylo nitrile	SAN	200
Polystyrene	PS	190

 5. Polyamides

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Nylon 6	PA 6	215
Nylon 66	PA 66	265
Nylon 11	PA 11	190
Nylon 12	PA 12	180
Nylon 6,10	PA6,10	210

 

6. Acrylic polymers

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Polymethamethacrylate	PMMA	190
Poly acrylonitrile	PAN	319

7. Acetal polymers

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Polyoxym,ethylene (homo)	POM	175
Polyoxymethylene (Co)	POM	163

 8. Esters

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Polycarbonate	PC	220
Poly ethylene terepthalate	PET	255
Poly butylenes terethlate	PBT	225

 9. Polyurethane

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Polyurethane (Linear)	TPU	150-185

 10. Cellulose Polymer

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Cellulose acetate	CA	230
Cellulose acetate butyrate	CAB	180
Cellulose nitrite	CN	165
Cellulose propionate	CP	120

 11. Heat resistance polymer

Polymer	Abbreviation	Melting Points (°C)
Poly phenylene oxide	PPO	262
Poly phenylene sulphide	PPS	290
Poly sulphone	PSU	260
Poly imide	PI	Do not melts (Decomposes at 520)
Poly ether ether ketone	PEEK	335