Skip to content

Medical Polyurethane

Biocompatible, sterilizable, secure

MPU 100 is Carbon’s first medical-grade material, designed to improve the quality of medical products with characteristics of engineering-grade mechanical properties. 

Tensile Properties
Metric
Tensile Modulus
1200 MPa
0.2 % Ofset Yield Strength
14 MPa
Ultimate Tensile Strength
38 MPa
Elongation at Break
25 %
Flexural Properties
Metric
Flexural Strength
44 MPa
Flexural Modulus
1000 MPa
Impact Properties
Metric
Notched Izod (Machined), 23 °C, ASTM D256
29 J/m
Unnotched Izod, ASTM D4812
650 J/m
Notched Charpy, ISO 179-1/1eA
2.2 kJ/m2
Unnotched Charpy, ISO 179-1/1eU
36 kJ/m2
Electrical Properties
Metric
Dielectric Strength, ASTM D149
14.2 kV/mm
Dielectric Constant, 1 kHz, ASTM D150
3.69
Dissipation Factor, 1 kHz, ASTM D150
0.0222
General Properties
Metric
Density (liquid resin)
1.05 g/cm3

Applications:

  • Medical Applications
  • Instrument Handles
  • Bioprocessing Components