""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""CONTENT AND FORMAT""; ""MATERIALS SELECTION METHODOLOGY""; ""ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE PLASTICS COMPENDIUM -- VOLUME 2, COMPARATIVE MATERIALS SELECTION DATA""; ""ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SOURCES""; ""General and Electrical Properties""; ""Arc Resistance""; ""Detergent Resistance""; ""Dielectric Constant""; ""Dielectric Strength""; ""Dissipation Factor (1MHz)""; ""Dissipation Factor (50Hz)""; ""Ease of Flow""; ""Expansion Coefficient""; ""Flame Spread""; ""Flammability""; ""Gamma Radiation""

""Heat Distortion Temperature (0.455MPa/66psi)""""Heat Distortion Temperature (1.82MPa/264psi)""; ""Hydrolytic Stability""; ""Material Cost""; ""Maximum Operating Temperature""; ""Oxygen Index""; ""Shrinkage""; ""Specific Gravity""; ""Surface Finish""; ""Tracking Resistance""; ""Transparency""; ""UV Radiation (Weathering)""; ""Volume Resistivity""; ""Warpage""; ""Mechanical Properties""; ""Brittle Temperature""; ""Dimensional Stability""; ""Elongation at Break""; ""Fatigue Index""; ""Flexural Modulus""; ""Friction""; ""Strain at Yield""; ""Surface Hardness""; ""Tensile Strength""

""Toughness ( -40°C/-40°F)""""Toughness (20°C/68°F)""; ""Water Absorption""; ""Wear""; ""Processing""; ""Blow Moulding""; ""Casting""; ""Cold Press Moulding""; ""Compression Moulding""; ""Contact Moulding""; ""Extrusion""; ""Injection Moulding""; ""Pultrusion""; ""R.I.M.""; ""Resin Injection""; ""Rotational Moulding""; ""Structural Foam Moulding""; ""Transfer Moulding""; ""Vacuum Forming""; ""Post-Processing""; ""Bonding""; ""Machining""; ""Painting""; ""Plating""; ""Welding (Friction)""; ""Welding (Friction -- Spin/Orbital)""; ""Welding (Friction -- Vibration)""; ""Welding (Hot Gas)""

""Welding (Hot plate)""""Welding (Radio Frequency)""; ""Welding (Ultrasonic)""; ""Comparative Materials Data Sheets""; ""ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)""; ""Fire retardant""; ""30% Glass fibre reinforced""; ""High heat""; ""High heat; UV stabilised""; ""High impact""; ""High impact; UV stabilised""; ""Low gloss""; ""Medium impact""; ""Plating""; ""Structural foam""; ""Transparent""; ""ABS/PC Alloy (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene/Polycarbonate Alloy)""; ""ABS/PSul Alloy (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene/Polysulphone Alloy)""

""ABS/PVC Alloy (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene/Polyvinyl Chloride Alloy)""""Acetal (POM) (Polyoxymethylene)""; ""Copolymer""; ""Copolymer; 30% carbon fibre reinforced""; ""Copolymer; 30% glass fibre coupled""; ""Copolymer; 2% silicone lubricated""; ""Copolymer; UV stabilised""; ""Acetal/Elastomer alloy: Super tough""; ""Homopolymer""; ""Homopolymer; glass fibre reinforced""; ""Homopolymer; PTFE lubricated""; ""Homopolymer; UV stabilised""; ""Acrylic (PMMA) (Polymethylmethacrylate)""; ""Casting""; ""Cast sheet""; ""General purpose""; ""High impact""; ""Alkyd""