Description PVDF ELS (Electrically Conductive) Black Rod is a semi-crystalline, homopolymer thermoplastic with product characteristics including excellent UV resistance, high purity and excellent chemical resistance. The long term service temperature range of PVDF Rod is from -50°C to 140°C and has a short term maximum service temperature of 150°C. Typical fields of application for PVDF Rod include clean room and semiconductor industries, chemical engineering and tank building and bottling and food processing industries. PVDF Rod is a material well suited to billeting, precision grinding and CNC turning. Similar materials available from Plastock include PETP Extruded Natural Rod and PEEK 450G Extruded Natural Rod. If you have a requirement for machined or finished PVDF components please ask the Plastock team for more information. Tech Specs Material PVDF Shape Rod Colour Black Density (g/cm³) 1.78 Yield stress (MPa) 55 Elongation at break (%) 30 Notched impact strength (kJ/m²) 12 Ball indentation hardness (MPa) 130 Shore hardness (scale D) 80 Tensile modulus of elasticity (MPa) 2100 Melting temperature (°C) 178 Thermal conductivity (W/(m*K) 0.2 Thermal capacity (kJ/(kg*K) 1.2 CLTE (10⁻⁶K⁻¹) 140 Service temp long term min (°C) -50 Service temp long term max (°C) 140 Service temp short term max (°C) 150 Heat deflection temperature (°C) 115 Dielectric constant 9 Dielectric strength (kV/mm) 21 Volume resistivity (Ω*cm) 10¹⁴ Surface resistivity (Ω) 10¹⁴ Comparative tracking index 600 Flammability 3mm VO Flammability 6mm VO Material type ELS Downloads Technical Datasheet PVDF