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1,Polycarbonate sheet Specification
Description Thickness (mm) Width X Length(mm) color
PC Hollow sheet 4-10 mm (Double-Wall) 2100 x 5800 Clear
Blue
Green
Yellow
Opal
Brown
Red
Black
Gray
etc
2100 x 11800
PC solid sheet 1.4-12mm 2100 x 30000
1820 x 30000
1560 x 30000
PC solid sheet 1220 x 30000
PC embossed and
corrugated sheet
1.2mm & 1.5mm 1260 x 50000
PC corrugated sheet 1.0mm,1.2mm,1.5mm 840 x 6000

2,Technical data
Solid PC sheet
Item Unit Index Value Test Method (ASTM)
Specific Gravity g/cm3  1.2 D-792
Impact Strength (Izod, Nick) J/M 907 D-256
Tensile Yield Strength Mpa 69 D-638
Tensile Break Strength 71
Tensile Elongation, yield % 6.5
Tensile Elongation, break  120
Tensile Strength Mpa 86 D-695
Tehsile Modulus 2400 D-638
Thermal Expansion Coefficient W/m.0C 6.0 x 10-5 D-696
Thermal conductivity W/m.K 0.22 C-177
Heat Deformation Temperature 0C 135 D-648
 (Load 1.81MPa)

Light transmission
 Clear PC solid sheet thickness (mm) 2 3 6 8 10
Light transmission 99 88 86 84 83
Clear PC hollow sheet thickness (mm) 2 3 6 8 10
Light transmission 99 88 83 82 80

Fire Retardancy
Hard burn B1 8624-1997

UV-Protection
The picture as follow is the spectrogram of the Huashilong Polycarbonate sheet. You'll find that the wavelength of UV short than 350nm is hard to penetrate through the polycarbonate sheet.

Compare to different plastic construction materials
Item  Unit Organic Glass PC Sheet PVC Sheet Fiberglass General Glass
Density g/cm3 1.2 1.2 1.3-1.5 1.4-1.6 2.5
Impact Strength Bad 250 times of ordinary glass,30 times of organic glass Good Good bad
Continuing Use Temp 0C 90 120 75 100 240
Visible Light Transmission % 82 88 80 86 90
Visible Light Transmission After Some Years Very Good Very Good Bad Bad Very Good
UV Transmission % 40 0 0 20 80
Fire Retardancy Flammable Nonflammable Flammable Flammable Nonflammable

Curvature Radius
Polycarboante sheet has good toughness and cold bending features. It could be designed as all kinds of arch structure. Its radius shall be more than the limit curvature radius. The limit curvature radius of Polycarbonate sheet as follow:
Limit Curvature Radius of Solid PC sheet
Thickness (mm) 3 4 5 6 8
Limit Curvature Radius (mm) 600 800 1000 1200 1600

Limit Curvature Radius of PC hollow sheet
Thickness (mm) 4 6 8 10
Limit Curvature Radius (mm) 850 1200 1650 2000

Please Note: PC hollow Sheet shall be bent as the follow picture shows: