What is polycarbonate?

Polycarbonate is included in the polymer group and has been commercially spread and applied since 1960, when big companies as Bayer and General Electric started to propose it in the business for various applications.
It was simply transparent material at the very beginning, but it was then enriched with calibrated pigments, giving it the required colour effects which, combined with its thermal and mechanic features, allow to apply it from the domestic common object to the most sophisticated military product.   

Polycarbonate features:
The mechanic features, such as lengthening, breaking loading, shock resistance and bending resistance offer polycarbonate high toughness which, combined with the resistance to mineral acids, to aliphatic hydrocarbons, to petrol, to grease, to oils, to water below 70°C and to alcohol except methyl alcohol, allow this material to be appreciated and applied to different fields. All mechanic features remain unchanged till 130°C temperature. The transparency level gets to 89%, making it similar to glass. 
Polycarbonate is sensitive to intaglio and engraving, with consequent reduction to effort resi stance. In case of wear and tear it can be applied only to a limited extent and, due to this, specially for transparent products, it is protected with surface resins in order to stabilize its structure to any attacks from solvents and UV rays. 

Applications

The increase in interest and application of this new material is due to its mechanic features, to its special shockproof resistance and to his deforming ability up to 100% lengthening without tearing or cracking.