No - but some products can be coated with metal by galvanizing; another alternative is conductive coatings.
Please find more information on our plating grade Bayblend® T45 PG under
Product datasheets.

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Bayer MaterialScience produces polycarbonates, thermoplastic polyurethanes und polyurethanes.
This web site only covers the Bayer MaterialScience engineering thermoplastics product range in the form of granules. Other polymers, however, such as polyurethane (processed by polyaddition, combining two components) differ fundamentally in their processing method and thermal performance.
You can find a current overview of our products on following pages:
http://plastics.bayer.com
http://www.pc-films.com
http://tpe-u.com
http://www.pu.bayer.com
http://www.bayer-ls.com

In the course of the split of the former Bayer Polymers in Bayer Material Science and Lanxess, many earlier products from Bayer Polymers are now distributed by Lanxess.
Bayer MaterialScience does not offer technical service for Lanxess products.
Follwing link should help to find product data on Lanxess products via the Lanxess tech centers:
http://techcenter.lanxess.com
mail: lanxess-info@lanxess.com.

No.
In common with other well-known German plastics manufacturers, we have not used any polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) in the production of flame retardant plastics since 1989.

We hereby confirm that no:

PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
PCTs (polychlorinated terphenyls)
PBBs (polybrominated biphenyls)
PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers)

are used in the production of the Bayer MaterialScience thermoplastics

Apec^®, Bayblend^® and Makrolon^®,

and that to the best of our knowledge none of these substances can be present in the above products.

All the following Bayer MaterialScience plastics:

Apec®, Bayblend®, Makroblend® and Makrolon®

satisfy the requirements of the EU Scrap Vehicle guideline (2000/53/EG) .

These products comply with the bans and restrictions on the use of lead, cadmium, mercury and chromium (VI) set out in this guideline. Compounds of these elements are not used in the production of our thermoplastics.

Please find further information under EU - Certificates and Directives.

You can find a Safety Data Sheet on a particular Bayer MaterialScience thermoplastic under the navigation "Product information / <Product> / Product datasheets".
Please note that you need to be registred to the TechAssistant to access the Material Safety Data Sheets!
Registration

If the requested Safety Data Sheet cannot be found there please contact us by giving

• > the full name of the product
• > the country in question
• > your full address with fax no. and your e-mail address

using our mail function.
Customers receive a current Safety Data Sheet with the first delivery or any change.

All Bayer MaterialScience thermoplastics are suitable for recycling. After appropriate reprocessing, sprues, production waste and used parts can be melted down and processed to form new parts. Product properties may change during processing, and it is therefore important to check to what extent your finished article specifications are met.
Our thermoplastics can be disposed of with household waste or incinerated in accordance with local official regulations.

All plastics are flammable, and fire safety requirements have to be taken into consideration in many fields of application.

Many influencing parameters determine the fire performance of a product, the spread of a fire and the extent of the damage in the event of a fire. These include:

• > Ignitability
• > Superficial fire propagation
• > Heat evolution
• > Dripping of flaming particles
• > Development of smoke gas

Please contact us if you have questions on this topic.

The fire performance requirements and the safety-relevant regulations are designed to ensure that:

• > Fires are prevented from starting, e.g. by enforcing no-smoking bans.
• > Fire and smoke are prevented from spreading.
• > Effective firefighting and rescue operations are permitted.

Within the scope of normal regulations, these goals are intended to be achieved by compliance with certain tolerance limits.

Please contact us if you have questions on this topic.

Notes on which grades comply with EU Guideline 2002/72/EC, the BGVO (German regulation on articles for food contact applications), the BfR (German Federal Institute for Consumer Health and Veterinary Medicine) Recommendations and the FDA Regulations are contained in our Application Technology Information sheets (ATIs) for engineering thermoplastics and in the tables of guide values.

For advice on the wide range of colors available and the various demands placed on the pigments, contact us by e-mail.

Click on the link:
Food contact to find further information.

Companies who currently purchase BayerMaterialScience plastics through a BayerMaterialScience agency as a direct customer can order on-line the plastics (they have purchased previously) on this home page under BayerOne and track the status of the order.
You need to register, and this can also be done from the menu under BayerOne. When you receive the necessary data and passwords from our Account Manager dealing with your Company, orders can be placed and tracked online.

If you click here you will get the Bayer MaterialScience contact for your area.

Our plastics are also available colored depending on the minimum quantity purchased (varies according to the product). You can discuss this with the Bayer MaterialScience sales force or the staff at your LOCAL AGENCY.
An ideal sample for a color match is a plastic sheet approximately 30 x 30 mm with smooth/gloss surface in the color required. Sometimes information taken from a color register (RAL, NCS, Pantone, ...) is also suitable for a color match.
So-called screening can also be successful because there are often several hundred to over a thousand colors for our plastics. This means that of the colors available, one or more colors are identified as being similar to what the customer requires and shown to the customer.

Please find more information under:
http://www.competenceincolor.com/index.htm

You can get a price quote from a Bayer MaterialScience plastics sales office covering your area (local agency) or for smaller quantities from a distributor.
The local agency in the particular country can give you the names of smaller distributors. Please specify the grade, color and quantity required.
(See also "Ordering on-line/e-commerce" under BayerOne for current Bayer MaterialScience plastics customers).

Various companies act as distributors for Bayer MaterialScience thermoplastics in a number of countries. We therefore suggest contacting the relevant local agency and ask for a local source.

Many Makrolon^® and Apec^® grades are available in transparent formulations.
Optical properties such as refractive index and degree of light transmission for the transparent grades are given in the product data sheets which you can find on this home page under 'Product information/ respective products/ product data sheets'.

As a manufacturer of raw materials, we recommend contacting known semi-finished goods manufacturers who as a rule are able to discuss customer requirements with regard to selecting the appropriate material.
You can find information on Makrolon® (PC) sheet at www.bayersheeteurope.com, www.sheffieldplastics.com, and www.laserlite.com.au
If you want to get in contact with Bayer Sheet Europe, please use following link: Contact Bayer Sheet Europe

Under the address www.makrofol.com you will find information on Makrofol® and Bayfol® (PC) films.
If you want to get in contact with Bayer Films Europe, please use following link:
makrofol@bayermaterialscience.com