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Polycarbonate plastic materials have a great blend of helpful features including temperature resistance, impact resistance and optical properties position polycarbonates between commodity plastic materials and engineering plastic materials.
Polycarbonate is definitely a sturdy material. Even though it features high impact-resistance, it's got lower scratch-resistance and thus a hard coating could be applied to polycarbonate eyeglasses lenses and polycarbonate exterior automotive components. The properties relating to polycarbonate are generally comparable to those of common Acrylic materials, except polycarbonate is actually stronger, it is usable in a wider temperature range and is a bit more expensive. This plastic polymer is highly transparent to visible light and has better light transmission characteristics than several types of glass.
Polycarbonate carries a glass transition temperature of approximately 150 °C (302 °F), as a result it softens slowly above this point and flows above about 300°C (572 °F). Tools must be held at higher temperatures, generally above 80 °C (176 °F) to make strain- and stress-free products.
Unlike almost all other thermoplastics, polycarbonate can undergo large deformations without breaking or cracking. For this reason, it could be processed and formed   without needing to be heated using standard sheet metal techniques, for example forming bends with a brake. Even for sharp angle bends with a tight radius, no heating is generally necessary. This makes it useful for prototyping applications where transparent or electrically non-conductive parts are needed, which can't be crafted from sheet metal. Understand that PMMA/Plexiglas, that is similar in appearance to polycarbonate, but it is brittle and can't be bent without heating.
Polycarbonate is frequently used in eye protection, and also in other projectile-resistant viewing and lighting applications that would normally indicate the use of glass, but require higher impact-resistance. Several types of lenses are made of polycarbonate, including automotive headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/eyeglass lenses, swimming and SCUBA goggles, and safety goggles for use in sporting helmets/masks and police riot gear. Windscreens in small motorized vehicles are commonly crafted from polycarbonate, such as for motorcycles, ATVs, golf carts, and small planes and helicopters.

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