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Insulation Value of Polycarbonate Sheets
Polycarbonate is light weight, easy to install and allows abundant natural light into interior spaces. In addition, polycarbonate boasts the best fire
rating among plastic products and has excellent insulation properties, all leading toward the design and construction of
safe, energy-efficient agricultural buildings
There are two alternatives available for covering greenhouses: a soft cover using polyethylene or a hard cover using polycarbonate. Because most greenhouses not only shelter flora and fauna but also state-of-the-art equipment, a hard, polycarbonate cover is most often selected.
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Technical Advisory: Polycarbonates
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Polycarbonates are high-molecular weight, amorphous engineering thermoplastics that have exceptionally high-impact strength over a wide temperature range.
Polycarbonates are characterized by an excellent combination of toughness, transparency, heat and flame resistance and dimensional stability.
The insulating and other electrical characteristics of polycarbonate are excellent and almost unchanged by temperature and humidity conditions.
• For more information, see Introduction to Plastics, the IAPD guide to plastic materials and applications. |
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Let the light in with plastics in architecture
Maximize natural light without compromising material strength, energy savings, design possibilities and fire resistance with plastics in building applications.
Did you know that polycarbonate has an impact strength that is 200 times stronger than glass and 10 times stronger than acrylic?
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Introduction to Plastics is more than an introduction
It's everything you need to know about more than 50 plastic materials commonly used today in industry, signage and visual merchandising, building and construction, and pipe, valves and fittings. This book provides such details about plastics as:
- Their comparative properties
- How they're made
- Appropriate applications
- Processing and fabrication techniques
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Get to know your distributor
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The IAPD Magazine is online
IAPD is pleased to announce the digital edition of the October/November issue of The IAPD Magazine, featuring the annual IAPD Source Guide.
The digital issue is easy to read on computers, laptops and tablet devices and can even be viewed on smartphones.
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