Türkmenplen homopolymer polypropylene produced by Türkmennebit at the Türkmenbašy refinery to TŠ 05766698-20-2015, supplied in four grades. The grades differ chiefly in melt flow rate and in the properties that follow from it — D 30 S and D382 BF at 2.7–3.7 g/10 min for moulding and film, F 79 FB at 10–15 g/10 min where higher flow and stiffness are needed.
Specification
- Grades: TPP D 30 S, TPP D382 BF, TPP Z 30 G and TPP F 79 FB
- Standard: TŠ 05766698-20-2015, homopolymer polypropylene
- Melt flow rate: 2.7–3.7 g/10 min (D 30 S, D382 BF) · 10–15 g/10 min (F 79 FB)
- Yellowness index of granules: max 2, all grades
- Granule size: 40–60 pcs/g, uniformity max 50%
- Loading: 25 kg bags, palletised, in trucks or 20 ft containers
Grades
TPP D 30 S
Melt flow rate 2.7–3.7 g/10 min, flexural modulus min 1,300 N/mm², tensile strength at yield min 30 N/mm², Izod impact at 23 °C min 4.5 kJ/m², thermo-oxidative stability min 360 h. The general-purpose moulding grade and by a wide margin the highest-volume polymer grade produced — also the base resin for Türkmenhimiya’s moulded polypropylene buckets.
TPP D382 BF — BOPP film grade
Melt flow rate 2.7–3.7 g/10 min with mechanical properties matching D 30 S, but specified additionally on gel count — max 500 gels above 0.2 mm, 50 above 0.7 mm, 10 above 1.5 mm and none above 2.5 mm. That gel specification is what makes it a film grade: it governs optical clarity in biaxially oriented film.
TPP Z 30 G
A separately traded grade produced to the same standard. Its full datasheet is not published in the producer’s general specification table; specification available on request. Supplied and shipped in its own right, including to European buyers.
TPP F 79 FB
Melt flow rate 10–15 g/10 min — roughly four times the flow of the moulding grades. Flexural modulus min 1,450 N/mm², tensile at yield min 31 N/mm², Vicat softening min 150 °C and heat deflection min 130 °C, all higher than D 30 S; Izod impact min 2.5 kJ/m² and thermo-oxidative stability min 120 h, both lower. The high-flow, high-stiffness grade for thin-wall and fibre applications.
Physical and chemical indicators
| Parameter | TPP D30 S | TPP F 79 FB | TPP D382 BF |
|---|
| Melt flow rate, g/10 min | 2.7–3.7 | 10–15 | 2.7–3.7 |
| Yellowness index of granules, max | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Granule size, pcs/g | 40–60 | 40–60 | 40–60 |
| Granule size uniformity, %, max | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Flexural modulus, N/mm², min | 1300 | 1450 | 1300 |
| Tensile strength at yield, N/mm², min | 30 | 31 | 30 |
| Elongation at yield, %, min | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Izod impact strength at 23 °C, kJ/m², min | 4.5 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| Vicat softening temperature (10 N), °C, min | 145 | 150 | — |
| Heat deflection temperature at 0.46 MPa, °C, min | 110 | 130 | — |
| Thermo-oxidative stability at 150 °C in air, h, min | 360 | 120 | 360 |
| Gel count > 0.2 mm / > 0.7–1.5 mm / > 1.5–2.5 mm / > 2.5 mm, max | — | — | 500 / 50 / 10 / 0 |
TPP Z 30 G is not covered by the producer’s published comparison table; its specification is supplied on request.
Applications
Injection moulded housewares and industrial parts, woven sacks, and general extrusion.
Related
Loading and delivery
FCA Türkmenbaşy refinery (TKNPZ), or FCA Turkmenbashy International Sea Port. Palletised containers for sea and rail.
