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File Description [top]

The Plastic Properties Database, which is owned by Gardner Publications, Inc., provides detailed engineering and design data, chemical descriptions, and trade names for over 11,500 grades of plastics materials. Records may contain up to 65 properties and characteristics for each grade. Data is provided for thermoset, thermoplastic, and elastomeric materials in more than 60 generic families.

The file is especially useful to design and manufacturing engineers for finding plastic materials with the desired combination of engineering and processing properties. Numeric data is searchable to allow selection of materials that meet design requirements. Results can be displayed in tabular format for easy comparison and evaluation of plastics having appropriate performance characteristics.

Subject Coverage [top]

References to plastic materials in the Plastic Properties Database include the following types of information:

• Chemical Type
• Physical Properties
• Electrical Properties
• Price
• Manufacturer Name
• Processing Properties
• Mechanical Properties
• Thermal Properties
• Optical Properties
• Trade Name

Sources [top]

The data in the file is obtained from plastics materials suppliers.

Print Counterparts [top]

• None

Dialog File Data [top]

Database Content [top]

• Directories

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Chemical Substances

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available
• REPORT Available
• MAP Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

Contact [top]

Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

Plastic Properties Database is copyrighted by Gardner Publications, Inc. Under no circumstances may copies be made for resale. While every attempt is made to ensure the accuracy of the data, Gardner Publications, Inc. makes no warranties express or implied as to representations regarding the accuracy or completeness of information contained in the database. No part or section of these databases should be construed as voiding the imperative need for testing, confirmation of data and prototyping, along with other sound technology practices.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

² Includes Trade Name, Material Type, Generic Family, and Chemical Type.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

³ In the record display, some numeric values appear in exponential floating point format. For example, a Flexural Strength at Yield of 15000 PSI (pounds per square inch) is shown as 15E03. For searching, the numeric value can be entered in several ways: either directly, without conversion to exponential form, or in exponential form, e.g., S FY=15000, or S FY=15E03, or S FY=15E3. Letter abbreviations are also available: K for thousands, M for millions, B for billions, and T for trillions, e.g., S FY=15K. To search a range of values, use numeric operators (i.e., >, <, >=, and <=), e.g., S MP=<=150, or S 79.0

⁴ Also known as Young's Modulus

LIMIT [top]

SORT [top]

RANK [top]

MAP [top]

REPORT OPTIONS [top]

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Plastic Properties Database[321]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $2.81
Cost per minute:                   $0.99
Report Elements                    $0.30
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2   $11.34   $11.34
     3    $1.13    $1.13
     4   $11.34   $11.34
     5   $11.34   $11.34
     6    $1.13    $1.13
     7    $1.13    $1.13
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9   $11.34   $11.34
    12    $3.46    $3.46
    13    $3.46    $3.46
    14    $3.46    $3.46
    15    $3.46    $3.46
    16    $3.46    $3.46
    17    $3.46    $3.46
    18    $3.46    $3.46
    21    $3.46    $3.46
    22    $3.46    $3.46
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00