Plastic ball 7,100 mm PMMA / Acryl
Amorphous thermoplastics balls, provide good hardness, transparency, abrasion and outdoor resistance. Fair mechanical properties, shock resistance and corrosion resistance.
Fields of application
Acrylic balls are used in check valves, visual flow equipment, laboratory applications, contact juggling. They could be considered as cheaper choice than polycarbonate and lighter than glass.
Corrosion resistance
Good resistance against aqueous solutions, diluted inorganic acids, aliphatic hydrocarbons, ammonia, alkalis, greases and oils, balls are not resisting against aromatic hydrocarbons, halogens, ketones, esters, ethyl and methyl alcohols.
Technical name
Polymethyl-methacrylate
Alternative name(s)
Acrylic, Plexiglass 6.6
Abbreviation
PMMA