ULTEM™ Resin 1040A
Plastic Granules
ULTEM™ Resin 1040A Transparent High Flow Polyetherimide
ULTEM™ Resin 1040A is a transparent, high-flow PEI resin from SABIC. It offers 196°C HDT, 96 MPa tensile yield strength, and 3505 MPa flexural modulus. Its 77 g/10 min MFR at 337°C supports easier processing for precision molded parts requiring heat resistance and dimensional stability.
Associated Documents
TDS - Global
Typical property data
Physical Properties
- Specific Gravity: 1.27 (ASTM D792)
- Mold Shrinkage, Flow, 3.2 mm: 0.5–0.7% (SABIC Method)
- Melt Flow Rate, 295°C/6.6 kgf: 6.7 g/10 min (ASTM D1238)
- Melt Flow Rate, 337°C/6.6 kgf: 77 g/10 min (ASTM D1238)
Mechanical Properties
- Tensile Stress at Yield, Type I, 5 mm/min: 96 MPa (ASTM D638)
- Tensile Strain at Break, Type I, 5 mm/min: 10% (ASTM D638)
- Tensile Modulus, 5 mm/min: 3340 MPa (ASTM D638)
- Flexural Stress at Yield, 2.6 mm/min, 100 mm Span: 158 MPa (ASTM D790)
- Flexural Modulus, 2.6 mm/min, 100 mm Span: 3505 MPa (ASTM D790)
- Izod Impact, Unnotched, 23°C: 470 J/m (ASTM D4812)
- Izod Impact, Notched, 23°C: 16 J/m (ASTM D256)
- Gardner Impact, 23°C: 7 J (ASTM D3029)
Thermal Properties
- Heat Deflection Temperature, 1.82 MPa, 6.4 mm, Unannealed: 196°C (ASTM D648)
Processing Parameters
- Melt Flow Rate, 295°C/6.6 kgf: 6.7 g/10 min (ASTM D1238)
- Melt Flow Rate, 337°C/6.6 kgf: 77 g/10 min (ASTM D1238)
- Mold Shrinkage, Flow, 3.2 mm: 0.5–0.7% (SABIC Method)
Use & Applications
- Transparent molded parts
- specialty PEI parts
- high-temperature applications