Weathering Performance of Black Thermoplastic Resins for Unpainted Automotive Exterior Applications GE Plastics

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Berzinis, Albin, author.

Conference Name:

International Congress & Exposition (1999-03-01 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1999

Summary:

This paper contrasts the weathering performance of 2 popular classes of pre-colored thermoplastic resin systems - acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate (ASA) and ASA/PC (bisphenol-A polycarbonate), in standard automotive black colors. The performance trends observed in actual Florida and Arizona outdoor weathering are contrasted to their performance under the SAE J1960 Xenon Arc Accelerated Weathering Protocol to illustrate the difficulties of correlating performance trends observed under artificial conditions to actual outdoor exposure. Based on the results of this study and those of previous authors, suggestions for modification to the SAE J1960 protocol are offered that might reduce the variability of test results

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Publisher Number:

1999-01-0847

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license