Melamine Formaldehyde Moulding Compound
Melamine moulding compound is a thermoset plastic. It can have a moderately low dielectric strength among the thermoset plastics in the database.
The properties of melamine moulding compound include eleven common variations. This page shows summary ranges across all of them. For more specific values, follow the links immediately below. The graph bars on the material properties cards further below compare melamine moulding compound to other thermoset plastics (top) 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.
Thermal Properties
Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi)
170 to 230 °C 330 to 440 °F
Solidification (Pattern Maker's) Shrinkage
0.26 to 1.0 %
Other Material Properties
Density
1.3 to 1.9 g/cm3 83 to 120 lb/ft3
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential)
4.4 to 11 kV/mm 0.17 to 0.44 V/mil
Flexural Strength
45 to 160 MPa 6.5 to 23 x 103 psi
Water Absorption After 24 Hours
0.13 to 0.53 %
Followup Questions
Further Reading
ASTM D704: Standard Specification for Melamine-Formaldehyde Molding Compounds
Thermosets: Structure, Properties and Applications, Qipeng Guo (editor), 2012
CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015