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Bayer Makrolon Polycarbonate materials have a unique balance of helpful features this includes high temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is a very durable material. Whilst it features tremendous impact-resistance, it's got reduced scratch-resistance and so a hard coating is applied to polycarbonate eyewear and polycarbonate exterior automotive equipment. The characteristics of polycarbonate are comparable to those of common Acrylic materials, yet , polycarbonate is definitely stronger, it is usable in a wider temperature range and is a bit more expensive. This plastic polymer is highly transparent to visible light and it has better light transmission characteristics than many kinds of glass.
Polycarbonate has a glass transition temperature of about 150 °C (302 °F), consequently it softens gradually above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools should be held at warm to high temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) for making strain- and reduced stress products.
Unlike most other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo massive shape changes without breaking or cracking. For that reason, for small changes in shape, it can be processed and formed   at room temperature using sheet metal techniques, such as forming bends with a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is usually necessary. This makes it valuable in prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are required, which cannot be made from sheet metal. Understand that PMMA/Plexiglas, which happens to be similar in looks to polycarbonate, but it's brittle and can't be bent at room temperature.
Polycarbonate is often used in eye protection, as well as in other projectile-resistant see through applications that would normally be thought of as requiring the use of glass, but require greater impact-resistance. Several types of lenses are created from polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety goggles for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are normally manufactured from polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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