PLA
StandardPLA (Polylactic Acid) is a biodegradable, biocompatible thermoplastic derived from renewable sources such as corn or sugar cane. Easy to process and available in many colours, it is used for indoor decor, art and design pieces.
Typical applications
- Interior decor
- Set design
- Visual prototypes
- Design & art
General
- Technology
- Large Scale
- Material group
- Polymers
- Colour
- multicolour (on demand)
Physical properties
- Density
- 1.24 g/cm³
Mechanical properties
- Elastic modulus
- 3.6 GPa
- Yield strength
- 60 MPa
- Tensile strength
- 53 MPa
- Elongation at break
- 6 %
Other
- Izod impact (notched)
- 16 J
- Heat deflection temperature @0.45 MPa
- 55 °C
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