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40% Glass Fiber (40 GF) ABS

40 GF ABS is a grade of ABS. It has the highest strength and lowest ductility compared to the other variants of ABS. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare 40 GF ABS to: styrenic plastics (top), all thermoplastics (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elongation at Break

3.5 %

Flexural Modulus

7.6 GPa 1.1 x 106 psi

Impact Strength: Notched Izod

70 J/m 1.3 ft-lb/in

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

110 MPa 16 x 103 psi

Other Material Properties

Density

1.4 g/cm3 86 lb/ft3

Specific Heat Capacity

1080 J/kg-K 0.26 BTU/lb-°F

Water Absorption At Saturation

0.5 %

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

0.79 to 1.4 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

30 to 44 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

22 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

37 points

Thermal Shock Resistance

11 to 50 points

Followup Questions

Further Reading

Reinforced Plastics Durability, Geoffrey Pritchard (editor), 1999

SPI Plastics Engineering Handbook of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., 5th ed., Michael L. Berins (editor), 2000

Modern Plastics Handbook, Charles A. Harper (editor), 1999

Plastics Materials, 7th ed., J. A. Brydson, 1999