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THE COVERAGE OF WHITE POLYETHYLENE ON WIRE

The specific gravity of Plascoat white polyethylenes is approx. 0.95 g/cm3
The specific gravity of steel is 7.88 g/cm3.

Coating weight (grammes) per metre length of wire:

Wire Diameter  Coating Thickness (microns)
(mm) 300 400 500
2 2.0g 2.8g 3.7g
3 2.9g 4.0g 5.2g
4 3.8g 5.2g 6.7g
5 4.7g 6.4g 8.2g
6 5.6g 7.6g 9.6g

Length of wire coated by 1kg of Plascoat polyethylene

Wire Diameter  Coating Thickness (microns)
(mm) 300 400 500
2 480 metres 350 metres 270 metres
3 340 metres 240 metres 190 metres
4 260 metres 190 metres 150 metres
5 210 metres 150 metres 120 metres
6 175 metres 130 metres 100 metres

% Increase in weight of wire with Plascoat polyethylene coatings

Wire Diameter  Coating Thickness (microns)
(mm) 300 400 500
2 8.3% 11.6% 15.1%
3 5.3% 7.3% 9.4%
4 3.9% 5.3% 6.8%
5 3.1% 4.2% 5.3%
6 2.5% 3.4% 4.4%

 


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