PLA regranulated from post-industrial waste; Prusa's own testing shows mechanical parity with virgin PLA, while colour range and diameter tolerance are the practical limits.
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PLA regranulated from post-industrial waste; Prusa's own testing shows mechanical parity with virgin PLA, while colour range and diameter tolerance are the practical limits.
Recycled PLA serves ordinary PLA applications when the feedstock’s recovered content matters more than a precisely controlled color. Prusament’s recycled PLA is made from manufacturing scrap and has published mechanical results close to the corresponding virgin material. That makes recycled feedstock a credible choice for repeated models and prototypes rather than merely a decorative novelty.
The useful distinction is the actual producer’s consistency: diameter tolerance, contamination control, color and documented properties matter more than the word “recycled” by itself. It remains PLA, with limited heat resistance and brittle failure behavior. Recycled content is a meaningful purchasing attribute, but it does not by itself establish the environmental impact of an entire printed part or its disposal route.
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Representative catalog values. Check the exact grade and its linked conditions before using a setting.
210 ± 10 (Prusament); 200 ± 15 (Filamentive)
210 ± 10 (Prusament); 200 ± 15 (Filamentive)
40–60 (Prusament); up to 60 (Filamentive)
40–60 (Prusament); up to 60 (Filamentive)
Open frame is fine
Open frame is fine
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| Property and unit | Published value and conditions | Sources and dates |
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| Base polymer / chemistry | PLA regranulated from post-industrial PLA manufacturing waste; post-consumer feedstock is rare | 3 sources
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| Density (g/cm³) | 1.24 (ISO 1183) | 1 source
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| Typical price (USD/kg) | 1 kg spools run 20–22 | 3 sources
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| Price range across brands (USD/kg) | 16–41 across brands; Fiberlogy refill 16, Filamentive 750 g 41 | 2 sources
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| Market availability (1–5) | Available from several mainstream brands | 3 sources
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| Spool sizes & diameters | 1.75 and 2.85 mm; 0.75, 0.85 and 1 kg spools plus spool-less refills | 3 sources
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| Typical applications | General-purpose printing where the feedstock's recycled content matters more than an exact colour match | 2 sources
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| Diameter tolerance (± mm) | ±0.03 guaranteed by Prusa Research today; the 2021 datasheet specified ±0.05, against ±0.02 for virgin Prusament PLA | 3 sources
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| Property and unit | Published value and conditions | Sources and dates |
|---|---|---|
| Nozzle temperature (°C) | 210 ± 10 (Prusament); 200 ± 15 (Filamentive) | 2 sources
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| Bed temperature (°C) | 40–60 (Prusament); up to 60 (Filamentive) | 2 sources
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| Enclosure / chamber requirement (1–5) | Open frame is fine | 2 sources
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| Part cooling fan | 100 % | 1 source
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| Warping tendency (1–5) | None — brim not generally needed | 1 source
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| Bed-adhesion difficulty (1–5) | Sticks to anything | 1 source
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| Overall printing difficulty (1–5) | Beginner — prints on any machine out of the box | 2 sources
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| Property and unit | Published value and conditions | Sources and dates |
|---|---|---|
| Nozzle hardness required (1–4) | Brass fine indefinitely | 1 source
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| Abrasiveness (1–5) | Non-abrasive | 2 sources
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| Nozzle clog risk (1–5) | Very low | 1 source
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| Heat-creep / jam sensitivity (1–5) | Moderate — good heatbreak cooling needed; PLA softens below 60 °C | 1 source
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| Hotend requirement | No special hot-end required | 1 source
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| Property and unit | Published value and conditions | Sources and dates |
|---|---|---|
| Moisture absorption (hygroscopicity) (1–5) | Moderate — 0.3 % after both 24 h and 7 days at 28 °C / 37 % RH (Prusa Polymers method), against 0.19 % in 7 days for virgin Prusament PLA | 2 sources
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| Equilibrium moisture content at ~50 % RH (%) | 0.3 after 24 h and 7 days at 28 °C / 37 % RH (Prusa Polymers method) | 1 source
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| Symptoms when wet | Bubbling and popping at the nozzle, stringing, rough surface and weak layers | 1 source
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| Effect of moisture on strength | Polymaker rates PLA low-sensitivity — the loss shows as poor layer adhesion and brittle layers rather than a published strength figure | 1 source
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| Storage requirement | Sealed with desiccant below 20 % RH; shelf life at ambient is long | 2 sources
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| Property and unit | Published value and conditions | Sources and dates |
|---|---|---|
| Tensile strength (XY) (MPa) | 49 printed horizontal and 55 printed vertical XZ (ISO 527-1, yield); virgin Prusament PLA gives 51 and 59 by the same method | 2 sources
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| Young's modulus (MPa) | 2100 printed horizontal, 2300 printed vertical XZ (ISO 527-1); virgin Prusament PLA 2300 and 2400 | 2 sources
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| Elongation at break (%) | 3.1 at yield printed horizontal (ISO 527-1); virgin Prusament PLA 2.9 | 2 sources
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| Flexural strength (MPa) | 82 printed horizontal, 87 printed vertical XZ (ISO 178); virgin Prusament PLA 83 and 99 | 2 sources
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| Flexural modulus (MPa) | 3100 printed horizontal (ISO 178) — the same as virgin Prusament PLA | 2 sources
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| Other impact data | Charpy unnotched 14.0 printed horizontal (ISO 179-1); virgin Prusament PLA 13 | 2 sources
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| Layer adhesion / Z tensile (MPa) | 21 ± 2 (Prusa Polymers interlayer adhesion test); virgin Prusament PLA 17 ± 3 by the same test | 2 sources
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| Brittleness (1–5) | Brittle — snaps with little warning | 2 sources
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| Hardness (scale-specific) (Shore A / Shore D / Rockwell) | 80 Shore D (Prusa Polymers in-house method); virgin Prusament PLA 81 | 2 sources
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| Creep resistance / sustained load (1–5) | Poor — no recycled-PLA creep data published; virgin PLA sagged from 12 to 18.7–20.3 mm over 5 days at 1.25 kg | 2 sources
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| Fatigue / repeated-flex resistance (1–5) | Poor — no grade-specific S-N curve; plain printed PLA ran 38 000–49 000 cycles at 30 % of tensile strength (R = 0.2) | 2 sources
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| Elasticity / flexibility (1–5) | Rigid | 1 source
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| Property and unit | Published value and conditions | Sources and dates |
|---|---|---|
| HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C) | 55 (ISO 75, 0.45 MPa) — the same as virgin Prusament PLA | 2 sources
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| HDT at 1.8 MPa (°C) | 53 (ISO 75, 1.8 MPa); virgin Prusament PLA 55 | 2 sources
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| Continuous service temperature (°C) | 55 (Filamentive states heat resistance up to 55 °C) | 1 source
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| Thermal expansion (CTE) (µm/m·K) | 96–99 for plain printed PLA (fibre Bragg grating, 25–50 °C); no grade-specific measurement published | |
| Flammability / UL 94 | Flammable; no UL 94 rating published by the major brands | 2 sources
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| Property and unit | Published value and conditions | Sources and dates |
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| UV resistance (1–5) | Degrades within weeks outdoors | 2 sources
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| Chemical resistance | Good against weak acids, oils and grease; poor against strong acids and alkalis; dissolved by chloroform, THF and hot benzene | 2 sources
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| Water / humidity resistance in service (1–5) | Good — insoluble in water | 1 source
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| Food contact | Filamentive certifies its rPLA to EN 71-3 and lists it food safe; printed layer grooves still harbour bacteria | 2 sources
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| Biodegradability / compostability | Industrially compostable only — needs sustained 55 °C; not home compostable | 1 source
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| Recyclability | The feedstock itself; Filamentive uses 50 % post-industrial content and runs a PLA take-back scheme | 2 sources
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| Property and unit | Published value and conditions | Sources and dates |
|---|---|---|
| Fume toxicity (1–5) | Low hazard — minimal VOC and particle emission | |
| Hazardous species emitted | Prusament rPLA Corn Pigment uses organic waste pigments such as red algae, which give a noticeable scent while printing | 1 source
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| Ventilation / filtration requirement (1–5) | None needed in a normal room |
| Property and unit | Published value and conditions | Sources and dates |
|---|---|---|
| Sanding & machining | Wet sanding — dry sanding heats the surface by friction and smears it | 2 sources
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| Gluing & solvent welding | Superglue for most joints; acetone works on some grades depending on additives and colour | 1 source
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| Vapour / chemical smoothing | No practical vapour smoothing — only chloroform, hot benzene or THF, which are laboratory-only | 1 source
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| Property and unit | Published value and conditions | Sources and dates |
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| Soluble in | Chloroform: 10 % w/v in 2–4 h at 23 °C, every grade and morphology; THF and DMF only at 65 °C. Laboratory reagents. | 1 source |
| Softened or crazed by | Acetone, ethyl acetate and toluene plasticise it but dissolve <1 % even at 65 °C; submersion in acetone crazes and destroys parts. | 2 sources
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| Solvent welding & smoothing agent | Chloroform vapour smooths and welds PLA at the cost of tensile strength; acetone does not smooth it at all. | 2 sources |
Values describe representative grades, not every spool. Manufacturer datasheets and independent tests retain their source labels and dates. Printed orientation, test method, conditioning and formulation can change results. Unknown values are —. A listed use is not a certification. Shore A, Shore D and Rockwell hardness are separate scales.
Historical USD/kg snapshots. Read each listing’s sale/from qualifiers, spool mass, source date, shipping and tax notes. Product figures are separate from the material summary.
$13.64 / 850 g refill = $16.05/kg, 3djake.com, Aug 2026
Spool-less refill format. Fiberlogy's tensile figures for rPLA (60 MPa yield, 3500 MPa modulus) are reported to ASTM D882, a thin-film method, and are not comparable with filament tensile data; they are omitted here.
Open product listing ↗| Density (g/cm³) | 1.24 |
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| Nozzle temperature (°C) | 210–230 |
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| Bed temperature (°C) | 60 |
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| Drying temperature & time | 50 °C for 4 h |
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| Flexural strength (MPa) | 81 (ASTM D790; specimen type not stated) |
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| Flexural modulus (MPa) | 3800 (ASTM D790; specimen type not stated) |
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| Other impact data | Notched Izod 16 J/m at 23 °C (ASTM D256) |
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| HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C) | 55 (ASTM E2092, 0.45 MPa) |
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| Glass transition (Tg) (°C) | 55–60 (DSC) |
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EUR 15.96 regular incl. 21 % VAT / 1 kg spool = $17.24/kg at 1.08 USD/EUR (listed at EUR 13.57 on promotion), shop.filament-pm.com, Aug 2026
Reground from the maker's own off-spec PLA production; colour cannot be specified.
Open product listing ↗| Density (g/cm³) | 1.24 (ISO 1183/B) |
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| Diameter tolerance (± mm) | 0.05 |
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| Nozzle temperature (°C) | 220–250 |
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| Bed temperature (°C) | 60–80 |
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| Flexural modulus (MPa) | 3500 (ISO 178) |
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| Other impact data | 64.5 kJ/m² impact strength, ISO 179 (notch type and specimen not stated) |
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| Hardness (scale-specific) (Shore A / Shore D / Rockwell) | 78.3 (Shore D) |
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| HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C) | 55 (ISO 75, load not stated) |
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| Melting point / Vicat (°C) | 55 (Vicat, ISO 306) |
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$19.90 / 1 kg spool (list $25.95), 3dfuel.com, Aug 2026
Open product listing ↗$19.99 / 1 kg spool, proto-pasta.com, Aug 2026
Feedstock described only as a rescued waste stream.
Open product listing ↗| Spool sizes & diameters | 50 g coil, 1 kg spool and 6x1 kg case; 1.75 mm | |
|---|---|---|
| Nozzle temperature (°C) | 195–225 (guide); 220 at 6 mm³/s, 240 at 12 mm³/s | |
| Bed temperature (°C) | 55 plate (guide: 50–60) | |
| Maximum volumetric flow (mm³/s; see test conditions) (mm³/s) | 12 at 240 °C; 6 at 220 °C | |
| Drying temperature & time | Dry below 50 °C; drying usually unnecessary |
EUR 19.99 / 1 kg spool = $21.59/kg at 1.08 USD/EUR, filament2print.com, Aug 2026
Made from 100 % recycled EasyFil PLA extrusion waste. The listed tensile figures (110 MPa, 160 % elongation) are reported to ASTM D882, a thin-film method, and are not filament or printed-part values; flexural and impact figures carry no named standard.
Open product listing ↗| Density (g/cm³) | 1.24 |
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| Spool sizes & diameters | 250 g, 750 g and 1000 g spools; 1.75 and 2.85 mm |
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| Diameter tolerance (± mm) | 0.05 at 1.75 mm; ±0.10 at 2.85 mm |
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| Nozzle temperature (°C) | 215–230 |
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| Bed temperature (°C) | 40–60 |
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| Melting point / Vicat (°C) | Vicat about 60 (ISO 306); melting 210 ± 10 |
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EUR 19.20 ex tax / 750 g = $27.65/kg at 1.08 USD/EUR, crea3d.com, Aug 2026
At least 97 % recycled post-industrial content; 100 % for the natural colour.
Open product listing ↗| Density (g/cm³) | 1.24 (ISO 1183-1) |
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| Diameter tolerance (± mm) | 0.1 |
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| Nozzle temperature (°C) | 190–210 |
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| Bed temperature (°C) | 20–60 |
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| Tensile strength (XY) (MPa) | 57.9 (printed specimen, ISO 527-2/5A/50) |
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| Young's modulus (MPa) | 2963 (printed specimen, ISO 527-2/5A/50) |
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| Elongation at break (%) | 4 (printed specimen, ISO 527-2/5A/50) |
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| Flexural modulus (MPa) | 2675 (printed specimen, ISO 178) |
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| Charpy impact, notched (kJ/m²) | 3.22 (printed specimen, notched, ISO 179-1/1eA) |
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| Hardness (scale-specific) (Shore A / Shore D / Rockwell) | 79.1 Shore D (ISO 868) |
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| Glass transition (Tg) (°C) | 61 (ISO 11357-1 DSC) |
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| Melting point / Vicat (°C) | 150 melting (ISO 11357-1 DSC) |
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$33.99 / 1 kg spool with NFC, prusa3d.com, Aug 2026
Post-industrial PLA parts-manufacturing waste; colour comes from processed organic waste such as red algae, so it varies between batches.
Open product listing ↗| Density (g/cm³) | 1.24 (ISO 1183) |
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| Diameter tolerance (± mm) | ±0.03 guaranteed |
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| Nozzle temperature (°C) | 210 ± 10 |
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| Bed temperature (°C) | 40–60 |
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| Equilibrium moisture content at ~50 % RH (%) | 0.3 after 7 days at 28 °C / 37 % RH |
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| Tensile strength (XY) (MPa) | 49 (printed horizontal, ISO 527-1, yield) |
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| Young's modulus (MPa) | 2100 ± 100 (printed horizontal, ISO 527-1); vertical xz 2300 |
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| Elongation at break (%) | 3.1 ± 0.1 at yield (printed horizontal, ISO 527-1) |
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| Flexural strength (MPa) | 82 ± 2 (printed horizontal, ISO 178); vertical xz 87 |
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| Flexural modulus (MPa) | 3100 ± 100 (printed horizontal, ISO 178); vertical xz 3000 |
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| Other impact data | Charpy unnotched 14 kJ/m² horizontal, 13 kJ/m² vertical xz (ISO 179-1) |
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| Layer adhesion / Z tensile (MPa) | 21 ± 2 (Prusa Polymers interlayer adhesion test) |
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| Hardness (scale-specific) (Shore A / Shore D / Rockwell) | 80 Shore D (Prusa Polymers method) |
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| Z strength as % of XY (%) | 43 (interlayer adhesion 21 vs printed horizontal tensile 49) |
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| HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C) | 55 (ISO 75, 0.45 MPa) |
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| HDT at 1.8 MPa (°C) | 53 (ISO 75, 1.8 MPa) |
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GBP 24.00 incl. VAT / 750 g = $40.64/kg at 1.27 USD/GBP, createeducation.com, Aug 2026
50 % post-industrial recycled content; the 750 g format is being discontinued in favour of 1 kg.
Open product listing ↗| Base polymer / chemistry | 50 % post-industrial recycled content by weight |
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