NEOPET 78
- Chemical Family
- PolyestersPolyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
NEOPET 78 is a food grade PET copolyester designed for general purposes, and suitable for a wide variety of beverage and juice containers, mineral water and carbonated soft drink bottles, milk, edible oil, and soy sauce containers. This product is also recommended for thermoformable sheets, cosmetics and household packaging. It is an excellent transparent product with very high mechanical and barrier properties and a low level of acetaldehyde.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Granules
- Solid
- Spheres
Product families
Applications
- Consumer Goods — Other Consumer Goods Applications
- Food & Beverage Packaging
- Industrial & Transport Packaging
- Non-Food Consumer Packaging
Product Families
- Polyesters & Copolyesters
Other characteristics
- Brand
- NEOPET
- Polymer Name
- Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
- Processing Methods
- Thermoforming
- Color
- Transparent
- Notes
NEOPET 78 resin is considered safe for food packaging applications.
- Markets
- Consumer Goods
- Printing & Packaging
- Warranty
NEO GROUP warrants that its products will comply with specifications and related regulatory compliance detailed in its publications.
- Application
Still and carbonized beverages and water bottles; Edible oil, juice, sport drinks, soy sauce bottles; PET film; Containers for Cosmetics and Households
- Technology
- Plastics
- Labeling Claims
- Food Contact Acceptable
- Material Features
- Good Barrier Properties
- Good Mechanical Properties
- Country Availability
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Certifications and Compliance
- EU Compliant
- FDA Compliant
- ISO 14001
- ISO 9001
- Plastics and Elastomers End Uses
- Bottles
- Containers
- Cosmetic Packaging
- Plastics and Elastomers Functions
- Resin
- Plastics and Elastomers Processing Methods
- Thermoforming
Technical data
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8 rows| Characteristic | Value | Unit | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melting Temperature (Tm) | 248 ± 4 | °C | WN-B010-7089 D (DSC) |
| Acetaldehyde content (AA) | max. 1 | ppm | WN-B010-9013 D (GC) |
| Color b | max. 1 | — | WN-B010-7136 D (HUNTER Lab) |
| Fines | max. 50 | ppm | WN-B010-9031 D |
| Water content | max. 0.2 | % | WN-B010-7159 D |
| Pellets weight (pellets) | 1.7 ± 0.1 | g/100 | WN-B010-9038 D |
| Pellets shape | Spherical granules | — | — |
| Intrinsic Viscosity (IV) | 0.78 ± 0.02 | dl/g | WN-B010-7040 D (Capillary visc.) |
