Lead Foil Tape
With acrylic adhesive - with liner.
100% pure lead foil which is highly malleable and can be shaped to the most intricate patterns. Coated with a specially designed aggressive removable acrylic adhesive system which is weather, solvent and heat resistant. 3" neutral core.
With synthetic rubber adhesive - with liner.
100% pure lead foil tape coated with a compounded synthetic to a wide variety of surfaces, specially to metal, glass, films, foils, and papers. Highly malleable and can be shaped to the most intricate patterns. 3" neutral core.
Typical Applications...
With acrylic adhesive - Used for decorative leaded windows, radiation/x-ray shielding; as a vapor barrier and mask for electroplating.
With synthetic rubber - Used for stop off masking during electroplating; to add weight to golf clubs; also used as an electromagnetic and radio frequency shield.
Physical Properties
|
Acrylic |
Syntetic rubber |
| Backing |
5 mil lead foil |
5 mil lead foil |
| Adhesive |
acrylic |
blended rubber |
| Tape Thickness (w/o liner) |
6.5 mil |
6.5 mil |
| Peel Adhesion |
26 oz/in |
96 oz/in |
| Tensile strength |
23 lbs/in |
26 lbs/in |
| Temperature resistance |
-30º F to 275º F |
40º F to 180º F |
| Elongation (at break) |
30% |
30% |
Alternative to 3M #420 (with liner) & #421 (without liner); Compac #832; Venture #1453 (rubber), Venture #1452 (acrylic); Lamart #2452 (acrylic).
Mill:
- A "mil" is a unit of thickness equal to one thousandth of an inch.
- To convert mil to inches take mil & divide by 1000.
- Thus, a 2 mil bag would be .002 inches thick.
- Example: Ex: 2 mil/1000 =.002 inches
