ETFE – Chemours/DuPont Tefzel ETFE
Polymer Plastics manufactures and supplies premium-quality ETFE – Chemours/DuPont Tefzel ETFE, a high-performance fluoropolymer material designed for demanding industrial environments where durability, chemical resistance, and long-term reliability are critical. ETFE combines many of the advantages of fluoropolymers while providing superior mechanical toughness and impact resistance compared to traditional fluoroplastic materials.
ETFE is recognized for its exceptional resistance to aggressive chemicals, solvents, acids, alkalis, and corrosive industrial environments. This outstanding chemical resistance makes it an ideal material for chemical processing systems, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and fluid handling applications.
One of ETFE’s most significant advantages is its superior weatherability and UV resistance. The material maintains its mechanical properties and appearance even after prolonged outdoor exposure, making it suitable for architectural, aerospace, and outdoor industrial applications.
ETFE also provides excellent electrical insulation properties and dielectric strength, making it widely used in wire and cable insulation, electrical systems, electronic equipment, and high-performance electrical components.
The material offers excellent impact resistance and mechanical strength while maintaining dimensional stability across a broad operating temperature range. Its low moisture absorption and high purity characteristics make it particularly valuable for semiconductor, pharmaceutical, and clean-process applications.
Industries including aerospace, semiconductor manufacturing, chemical processing, telecommunications, electrical engineering, pharmaceutical production, energy systems, and industrial automation rely on Chemours/DuPont Tefzel ETFE for critical applications requiring exceptional performance and durability.
Chemours/Dupont Tefzel ETFE fluoropolymer and Solvay Haylar ECTFE are proven performers in the chemical and petrochemical processing industries. Their unique combination of properties and design versatility are helping to solve some of the toughest materials problems in process equipment and components.
What is HAYLAR ECTFE material?
Solvay Haylar ECTFE is a partially fluorinated semi-crystaline polymer offering a unique combination of mechanical properties, thermal and chemical resistance with outstanding ease of processability. Haylar ECTFE is a copolymer of ethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene can bring advantages to the end user when compared to other fluoropolymers. It is a very versatile polymer available in all forms to meet processing needs Haylar Sheet offers excellent resistance to abrasion, harsh chemicals, and permeation.
What is TEFZEL ETFE Material?
Chemours/Dupont ETFE TEFZEL is a modified copolymer of ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene that is often used in applications that demand mechanical toughness with thermal, mechanical and chemical extremes. Tefzel ETFE material provides excellent resistance to attack by chemicals and solvents which can cause rapid deterioration of other plastics and all but the most costly metal alloys. Tefzel and Haylar ECTFE materials are inert to strong mineral acids, inorganic bases, halogens, and metal salt solutions. Even carboxylic acids, anhydrides, aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, ethers, esters, chlorocarbons, and classic polymer solvents have little effect on ETFE Tefzel Plastic. However, very strong oxidizing acids, such as highly concentrated nitric acid, will affect Tefzel ETFE and Haylar ECTFE in varying degrees. Organic bases such as amines and sulfonic acids will also affect Tefzel ETFE materials.
ETFE Tefzel sheet also has excellent mechanical strength, stiffness, and abrasion resistance. This may be an important consideration for process applications where abrasive slurries often accelerate wear and degradation of alternative materials. Tefzel ETFE plastic can also be reinforced with glass fibers to increase the flexural modulus to 95,000 psi.
Tefzel ETFE material has a broad continuous use temperature range from -370 degrees F/-223 degrees C to +300 degrees F/+150 degrees C.
Properties, Applications and Availabilities for the Tefzel Sheet and the Tefzel Rod
| Properties | Applications | Availabilities |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent chemical resistance | Lithium battery casings | TEFZEL ETFE Rod: .125″ to 3.50″ |
| Excellent mechanical strength | Pump Housings | HAYLAR ECTFE Rod |
| Excellent abrasion resistance | Pipe Linings | |
| Rugged Good Abrasion resistance | Wet Bench Equipment | TEFZEL ETFE Sheet: .062″ to .750″ |
| Exceptional dielectric insulation properties | Fluid Handling | HAYLAR ECTFE Sheet |
| May be Hot air welded for chemical tanks | Chemical processing | |
| High resistance to outdoor weathering | Radomes | TEFZEL ETFE Tube: from .187″ O.D. to 10.0″ O.D. |
| Radiation resistant | Food Processing Equipment | HAYLAR ECTFE Tube |
| Heat Sterilization rsistant | Impellers for abrasive slurries | TEFZEL FIlm: special order |
| Outstanding temperature range | HAYLAR ECTFE Film: Special Order | |
| Negligible Moisture absorption | TEFZEL Tube: Made to Order | |
| HAYLAR ECTFE Tube: Made to Order | ||
| TEFZEL Tubing: See Fluid Handling Section | ||
| TEFZEL Heat Shrink Tubing, See Insulation | ||
| Sleeving Section | ||
| Standard Color: Translucent white |
