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Cyclic Olefin Copolymer Important: Properties of molded parts, sheets and films can be dental implants. – Unless provided otherwise, values influenced by a wide variety of factors involving shown merely serve as an orientation; such values material selection, further additives, part design, pro- alone do not represent a sufficient basis for any part cessing conditions and environmental exposure. design. – Our processing and other instructions must It is the obligation of the customer to determine be followed. We do not hereby promise or guarantee whether a particular material and part design is suit- specific properties of our products. Any existing indus- able for a particular application. The customer is re- trial property rights must be observed. sponsible for evaluating the performance of all parts containing plastics prior to their commercialization. Our products are not intended for use in medical or Published in April 2011 Cyclic Olefin Copolymer Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. Grades, supply form, colors 5 Introduction 1 3. Physical properties 6 3.1 Mechanical properties 7 3.1.1 Behaviour under short-term stress 7 3.1.2 Behaviour under long-term stress 8 3.2 Thermal properties 8 Grades, supply form, colors 2 3.3 Electrical properties 9 3.4 Optical properties 10 4. Effect of service environment 11 on properties of TOPAS® COC 4.1 Behaviour in air and water 11 Physical properties 3 4.2 Chemical resistance 11 4.3 Stress cracking resistance 12 4.4 Light and weathering resistance 12 5. Food packaging, medical and diagnostic 13 Effect of service environment 4 5.1 Sterilizability 13 on properties of TOPAS® COC 5.2 Biocompatibility 13 5.3 Regulatory 13 6. Processing 14 6.1 Safety and health information 14 Food packaging, 5 6.2 Injection molding 14 medical and diagnostic 6.2.1 Machine requirements 14 6.2.2 Flow behaviour 14 6.2.3 Gate and mold design 15 6.2.4 Range of processing conditions 15 6.2.5 Shrinkage 16 Processing 6 6.2.6 Demolding 16 6.2.7 Compatibility with thermoplastics 16 6.3 Extrusion/injection blow molding/ 16 extrusion blowing 6.3.1 Film extrusion 16 Typical applications 7 6.3.2 Injection blow molding/extrusion blowing 16 6.4 Secondary operations 17 6.4.1 Welding 17 6.4.2 Adhesive bonding 17 6.4.3 Metallization 17 Subject index 8 7. Typical applications 17 8. Subject index 19 1. Introduction Effective January 1, 2006, the global COC business TOPAS® COC is the trade name for TOPAS Advanced has been sold from Ticona/Celanese to the Japanese Polymers‘ cyclic olefin copolymers (COC). companies Daicel and Polyplastics and transfered The TOPAS® COC family, in contrast to the partially into a new entity with the name TOPAS Advanced crystalline polyolefins PE and PP, consists of Polymers. The new company is located in Frankfurt/ amorphous, transparent copolymers based on Germany and Florence/USA and has about 100 peo- cyclic olefins and linear olefins. ple working in Research & Development, Marketing & Sales, Production and Administration. CH2 CH2 CH CH The History of TOPAS® COC started in the early 90s at corporate research of Hoechst AG. In a new X developed process first Norbornene will be Y synthesized from Dicyclopentadiene and Ethylene. In a second copolymerisation step with Etylene using Cyclic olefin copolymers are a new class of Metallocene-Catalysts the final product Cyclic Olefin polymeric materials with property profiles which can Copolymer is generated. The TOPAS® COC produc- be varied over a wide range during polymerization. tion plant in Oberhausen/Germany went on stream in These new materials exhibit a unique combination year 2000 with an annual capacity of 30,000 tons. of properties of which can be customized by varying TOPAS Advanced Polymers is producing and the chemical structure of the copolymer. Performance marketing cyclic olefin copolymers under its benefits include: trademarks TOPAS® COC and Crystal Dew® · Low density and a bi-cyclic olefin Norbornene. · High transparency · Low birefringence · Extremely low water absorption · Excellent water vapour barrier properties · Variable heat deflection temperature up to 170 °C · High rigidity, strength and hardness · Very good blood compatibility · Excellent biocompatibility · Very good resistance to acids and alkalis · Very good electrical insulating properties · Very good melt processability/flowability TOPAS® COC resins are suitable for the production of transparent moldings for use in optical data storage, optics, e.g. lenses, sensors, and industrial products e. g. in the construction and lighting sectors. These materials are also of particular interest for pri- mary packaging of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostic disposables. (Co)-extruded films made from TOPAS® COC offer opportunities in blister packaging, shrink sleeves, shrink films and stand-up pouches. New applications have been developed for blends of TOPAS® COC, with a variety of polyolefins. 4 Cyclic Olefin Copolymer 2. Grades, supply form, colors TOPAS® COC resin is currently supplied as an unre- Grade Description inforced water-clear transparent material. Glass-filled, tinted and pigmented formulations are also under 8007 Clear grade with a heat deflection tem- development. perature HDT/B of 75 °C. It is especially 1 Currently available basic grades differ primarily in suited for packaging of moisture-sensitive their heat deflection temperature HDT/B. The heat products because of its low water absorp- deflection temperature is determined by the ratio tion and very good barrier properties. of the comonomers. TOPAS® COC grades with higher Grade 8007 has a lower elastic modulus ® cyclo-olefin content have higher heat resistance. and higher elongation than other TOPAS Flow characteristics may be adjusted independently COC grades. 2 of heat resistance. 5013 Clear grade with a heat deflection temper- The product nomenclature contains a 4 digit number. ature HDT/B of 130 °C. This grade is char- The first two digits indicate the viscosity number, the acterized by high flowability and excellent last two digits describe the heat deflection tempera- optical properties. Recommended for ture HDT/B. The flowability decreases with increasing applications such as optical parts, e. g. viscosity number. lenses, and optical storage media, where low birefringence and high molding accu- The table on the right lists the TOPAS® COC basic racy (pit replication) are essential, as well grades. Of these grades, specific sub-grades are avail- as for medical and diagnostic applications. able on request, which are particularly well suited for optical, medical and diagnostic applications, for ex- 6013 Clear grade with a heat deflection tem- trusion and injection blow molded applications. perature HDT/B of 130 °C, a value which cannot be attained by many amorphous polymers. Its combination of high purity, chemical resistance, high transparency and high HDT/B makes this material useful for prod-ucts such as labware. Parts made from 6013 can be gamma- and steam-sterilized. 6015 Clear grade similar to 6013, with a heat deflection temperature HDT/B of 150 °C, a value which cannot be attained by many amorphous polymers. 6017 Clear grade with a heat deflection temper- ature HDT/B of 170 °C. For parts requiring resistance to short-term, high-temperature exposure. 5 3. Physical properties The physical property values of TOPAS® COC are Fig. 1: Shear modulus curves determined by DIN 53445 for ® given in Table 1 below. Most of the properties were various TOPAS COC grades as a function of temperature determined by standard test methods, as indicated in 100000 the table. Although the typical values shown in Table 1, deter- 1000 mined on development specimens by various stan- dard test methods, are guide values and can be used 100 as a basis for comparing different materials, in-service testing, using finished molded parts, is recommended. 10 TOPAS® 8007 Also, mold shrinkage should be evaluated in pro- TOPAS® 5013, 6013 to-type parts. Shear modulus G [MPa] 1 TOPAS® 6015 TOPAS® 6017 3.1 Mechanical properties 0,1 -80 -40 0 40 80 120 160 200 240 TOPAS® COC resin is a clear thermoplastic resin with Temperature [°C] high strength, rigidity and, depending on the grade, heat deflection temperature. Because of its amor- phous character, these properties are retained over a Fig. 2: Stress-strain curves according to ISO 527 wide temperature range, from -50 °C to near the glass for TOPAS® COC resins transition temperature. Fig. 1 shows shear modulus curves, which are particularly useful in characterizing 70 the temperature-dependent behaviour of a plastic. TOPAS® 8007 ® 60 TOPAS 5013 3.1.1 Behaviour under short-term stress TOPAS® 6013 The behaviour of materials under short-term stress 50 can be evaluated by the tensile test according to ISO 527. This test enables yield stress, tensile strength 40 and elongation at break to be determined. Fig. 2 ® 30 shows the stress-strain curves for TOPAS COC Stress [MPa] grades. Note that grades 5013, 6013, 6015 and 6017 display similar behaviour. 20 10 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Strain [%] 6 Cyclic Olefin Copolymer Table 1: Physical properties of TOPAS® COC Property Unit Test method 8007 6013 6015 5013 6017 Volume flow index MVR at 260 °C, ml/10 min ISO 1133 32 14 4 48 1.5 2.16 kg Volume flow index MVR ml/10 min ISO 1133 2 6 5 24 5 at HDT +115 °C, 2.16 kg Density g/cm3 ISO 1183 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 Water absorption % ISO 62 < 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.01 (24 h immersion in water at 23 °C) Water vapour permeability g · mm/ DIN 53 122 0.023 0.035 0.035 0.030 0.045 (at 23 °C and 85% relative humidity)