Tra-Con Color Keyed, High Temperature Epoxy Adhesive

BAF253 is a low viscosity, high temperature, two-part epoxy formulation that changes color during the curing process to indicate cure status.

Features:

• Packaged in a 2 gram rigid plastic tube separated by a leak-proof clamp (BIPAX) which eliminates mix ratio errors
• Excellent wicking, and develops strong, tough mechanically stable bonds
• Good impact and thermal shock resistance
• Low stress
• Resistant to water and weathering, vapors and gases, most petroleum products, and an extended range of organic and inorganic environments
• Can be used on a wide variety of fiber optic and optical materials that includes most metals, ceramics, glass and many plastics
• Yields excellent pot and polish fiber optic connections
• This package will prepare approximately 25~30 fiber optic connectors

Mixing Instruction:

• Remove the clamp and mix right inside the BIPAX.

Colors:

• Unmixed components: Light yellow
• Mixture: Green/blue
• Fully cured: Reddish-amber

Cure Schedules (choose only one)

• 15 minutes @ 10°C
• 6 minutes @ 12°C
• 1 minutes @ 15°C

Pot Life:

• 25 grams, 1 hour

Properties:

• Specific gravity, mixed: 1.2
• Index of refraction: 1.56
• Viscosity, cps, mixed ((after mixing) @ 2°C): 1750
• Thixotropic index: 1
• Operating temperature range,°C: -60 ~ 175
• Hardness, Shore D: 88
• Mix ratio, pbw, Resin/Hardener: 100:10
• Lap shear, alum to alum: 2700psi
• Glass transition (Tg), ultimate: 11°C
• Water absorption, after 24 hours: 0.004%
• VOC: 19.6 grams/l
• Coefficient of expansion, above Tg: 202 ppm°C
• Coefficient of expansion, below Tg: 62.67 ppm°C
• Reactive solids contents: 100%
• Outgassing, NASA: passed

Material Safety Data Sheet:

• BAF253 Epoxy MSDS Sheet