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 Properties(1)MethodParylene N(2)Parylene CParylene DParylene F(VT4)Parylene HT(AF4)ER(3)SR(3)UR(3)AR
Secant(Young's) Modulus Mpa124003200280030002551240067-68.914-69
Tensile Strength Mpa2457075555028-905.5-71.2--6932-77
Yield  Strength Mpa24255625235____
Elongation to Break %220-2502001010-502003-6100100-10003-85
Yield Elongation %22.52.93.02.52.0____
Density g/cm331.10*1.121.2891.4181.321.321.11-1.401.05-1.231.10-2.501.19
Index of Refractiom nD2341.6611.6391.6691.5591.5591.55-1.611.431.50-1.601.48
Water Absorptiom( % after 24 hrs)5<0.1<0.1<0.1<0.009<0.010.08-0.150.12(7Days)0.02-1.500.3
Rockwell Hardness6R85R80R80R122R122M80-M11040A-45A
(Shore)
10A-25D
( Shore)
M68-M105
Coefficient of FrictionStatic70.250.290.330.140.15____
Dynamic0.250.290.310.130.13____


Test Methods:                                               
1.ASTM D 882,1%  strain                         
2.ASTM D 882,10% strain                         
3.ASTM D 1505
4.Abbe Refractometer
5.ASTM D 570
6.ASTM D 785
7.ASTM D 1894

(1)Properties measured on Parylene films,0.001-0.003 in thick except where specified.
(2)Properties depend somewhat on deposition conditions.
(3)Properties and methods as reported in Modern Plastics Encycpedia,issue for 1968,Vol.45/No.1A,McGraw Hill,New York,1967.Modulus values are for tensile mudulus.