Polycarbonate – universal material. Currently, a lot of useful things are made of it. These are food dishes and automobile headlights, medical instruments and glazing for various greenhouses, cabs of military planes-fighters and well-known compact-discs. Many other useful things made of this material can be called.
The material has excellent properties. This is a very strong material. It has excellent optical properties and therefore it is often used as a substitute for ordinary glass. In addition to impact resistance, polycarbonate has heat resistance and frost resistance. Products that are made of this material have stable sizes. Polycarbonate is characterized by excellent electrical properties. This material has no smell and taste. It is completely impenetrable for fats and oils, as well as for various bacteria. The material is physically inert.
The listed advantages of carbonate make it very attractive for use in modern industry.
The properties of polycarbonate are directly related to the magnitude of its molecular mass. When the polymer has a low molecular mass, and it is less than 20 thousand, the material is fragile. If the molecular weight exceeds 25 thousand, then the carbonate has increased strength and has excellent elasticity.