NEMA G5 has high mechanical strength and excellent electrical properties under dry conditions. It has high arc and heat resistance and is self extinguishing. It is used in the electrical industry in switch board panels, arc barriers, circuit breakers and as structural electrical parts.
Sheet Sizes: 36"x48"; 36"x72"; 48"x48"; 48"x96"; 48"x108"
Thickness: 0.031" to 4"
Color: Gray
Specifications
| Density | 124 pcf / 0.72 pci |
| Maximum operating temperature | |
| - electrical | High temps not recommended |
| - mechanical | 310 (140ºC) |
| Water absorption | 0.4% |
| Hardness (Rockwell M) | 115 |
| Compression strength | 65,000 psi |
| Tensile strength | 40,000 psi |
| Flexural strength | 50,000 psi |
| Impact strength – Izod edgewise with grain | 10 ft-lb/in |
| Dielectric strength | 300 volts/mil |
| Dielectric constant (1,000,000 cycles/second) | 6.3 |
| Volume resistivity | 6 X 10,000,000 megohm-cm |
| Arc resistance | 180 sec |
| Parallel dielectric | 50kv |
| Surface resistivity | 6 X 1,000,000 megohms |
