About Polycarbonate
What is Polycarbonate?
Polycarbonate is the material of choice for a wide range of end-user applications because of its unique combination of properties.
It is lightweight, durable, heat- and shatter-resistant, flame retarding, formable and transparent. With its low environmental footprint PC contributes to GHG emission reductions, for example by making mobility applications lighter and fostering e-technologies.
The value chain of polycarbonate.
All sites producing Polycarbonate also produce Bisphenol A, an essential building block to make the polymer polycarbonate. Polycarbonate pellets are then delivered to thousands of manufacturers which process and incorporate polycarbonate into final products.
Bisphenol A (BPA) serves as the fundamental building block to produce polycarbonate.
In fact, it is the BPA which renders the unique combination of properties to polycarbonate. BPA has been subject to intense scrutiny and extensive testing over decades. In the polymer polycarbonate the BPA is fully consumed and firmly bound in the chemical structure, any potential migration is negligeable. Polycarbonate has a remarkable safety track record since more than 50 years. BPA cannot be replaced by any other starting substance if polycarbonate with its unique combination of properties is required.
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