Re: Lexan (polycarbonate)

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Original poster: "Steven Ward by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <srward16-at-hotmail-dot-com>




>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Lexan (polycarbonate)
>Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 08:17:09 -0600
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>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
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>In a message dated 7/3/02 2:10:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>writes:
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> > Cons -- And yes, the stuff will burn when exposed to direct sparks and 
>will
> > melt under heat. And it is brittle.
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>Gary,
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>Are you sure you're using Lexan?  I've never seen brittle lexan,
>but Lucite (Plexiglas), is very brittle.
>
>Cheers,
>John

I also thought that laxan was NOT brittle (this is my lesson from watching 
Battle Bots, hehe)

Steve Ward