Green
Plastic Lumber
TECHNICAL DATA:
GREEN PLASTIC LUMBER COMPOSITION BY WEIGHT
Minimum, RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE:
HDPE = 40%
Minimum, RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE:
LDPE = 30%
Minimum, RECYCLED POLYPROPYLENE:
PP = 30%
Additives to ensure U.V. Stabilization and Flame Retrardency
may total no more than 2%.
PROPERTY TEST Measurement Results
Abrasion Test
ASTM D4060
0.42 grms – weight loss
Abrasion Test
(Taber tester
CS 17 1.01 in³ (16.55
Cu cm)
100 Hrs.)
Absorption (Diesel Fuel) ASTM D543 0.677 % Weight Increase
Absorption
(Gasoline)
ASTM D543
1.362 % Weight Increase
Absorption
(Sea Water)
ASTM D543 0.116 % Weight Increase
Brittleness ASTM
D746
No Break @ -40ºC @ 267m-N/m
Bulk Density
ASTM D6111
60.12 lb/ft³ (963 Kg/cu m)
(Neolite-wet) ASTM C1028
0.50
Coefficient
of Friction
ASTM C1028
0.55
Coefficient
of Thermal
ASTM D696
0.000076 in/in/ºF
Compressive
Strength
Compression
Strength
ASTM D6108 1,960 psi (13.5 Mpa)
Parallel to
Grain
ASTM D6112
3,560 psi (24.6 Mpa)
Compression
Strength
ASTM D6112 1,180 psi (8.1 Mpa)
Flammability (Flash Point) GREEN PLASTIC LUMBER 660 ºF (350ºC)
Flexural Creep Rupture (Fiber
Stress) ASTM
D6112
383 psi (2.6 Mpa)
Flexural Creep
Rupture (Max
ASTM D6112 0.76 %
Stress %)
Flexural Strength ASTM D790 @ 5” deflection 2,060
psi (14.1 Mpa)
Flexural Strength
ASTM D6109
no fracture @ 2,500 psi (17.2 Mpa)
Hardness ASTM
D2240
72 Shore D
Impact Resistance
ASTM D746
325 m-N/m
IZOD Impact ASTM D256
4.54 lb.ft./in.
Melting Point
GREEN PLASTIC
LUMBER Melt 271ºF (133°C),
Soften 261ºF
(127ºC)
330,400 psi (2,278.6 Mpa)
Modulus of
Elasticity
ASTM D198
10” = 603,500 psi (4,162 Mpa)
Modulus of
Elasticity
ASTM D638
3” = 340,900 psi (2,407 Mpa)
Modulus of
Elasticity
ASTM D6109
10”= 332,500 psi (2,293 Mpa)
Modulus of Rupture ASTM D198 2,480 psi (17.1 Mpa)
Nail Withdrawal (Surface) ASTM D6117
281 lbs., (104 Kg)
Screw Withdrawal (Surface) ASTM D6117 490 lbs., (183 Kg)
Shear Parallel to Length ASTM D143
986 psi (6.8 Mpa)
Specific Gravity ASTM D6111 0.965
Tensile Strength
ASTM D638
3,060,psi (21.1 Mpa)
UV Resistance (Skin) ASTM D4329 1% Change after 500 hrs.