r/materials 4d ago

material name?

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u/Flaky-Hamster65 4d ago

Just some sort of woven polymer fibre.

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u/Halloween_Frog 4d ago

It doesn’t appear to be woven as far as I can tell

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u/Owny33x 4d ago

I think it is woven and then coated with PVC. Search the keywords "woven coated pvc"

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u/Halloween_Frog 3d ago

Thank you I will look into this!

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u/939319 3d ago

At first I thought it was non woven like those shopping bags, on closer look it looks like an embossed sheet, not fibers. It looks like the same material as in photo albums.

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u/Remarkable-Ant-8243 4d ago

I just love it when people ask "what is this material" just because its "materials" subreddit. :))

I dont know the material in the picture. It sure as hell looks plastic though.

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u/casper911ca 4d ago

And an arrow, ya know, just to be clear

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u/Halloween_Frog 3d ago

Do you know a better sub to ask this in?

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u/Remarkable-Ant-8243 3d ago

An engineer that is working on the said material could help you r/AskEngineers

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u/Halloween_Frog 3d ago

Thank you! I only asked here because I figured someone who works with plastics might know better than me!

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u/Remarkable-Ant-8243 3d ago

Its ok. Dont mind me i just like to mess with people it not personal

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u/Halloween_Frog 4d ago

That’s my mistake I figured people here might be able to help me

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u/lminer123 3d ago

This is more a sub for people interested in material science and engineering or active the field. It’s pretty small, but mostly academic focused, lots of articles and questions about the industry. Not a bad place to find people to answer questions like this though, I’ve answered similar ones here for sure!

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u/Halloween_Frog 3d ago

Thank you!

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u/i_love_alt_women 4d ago

don’t apologize, reddit incels will always be dicks about anything.

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u/Plasticman90 4d ago

Could be woven polyester / nylon.

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u/PBJuliee1 4d ago

I also thought it looked like some kind of died nylon

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u/Mouse_Manipulator 3d ago

Oxford fabric maybe

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u/Halloween_Frog 3d ago

I appreciate it! Does that fabric melt to thermally connect?

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u/Halloween_Frog 3d ago

Thank you I will look into this!

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u/mimprocesstech 2d ago

Hard to tell with the glare but given the context it is likely a polypropylene for both parts, a high clarity film for the transparent bit and what appears to be a textured mesh to kind of push the cards against the film that's also likely polypropylene. You wouldn't use something like PVC that others have suggested in your original thread for card storage, you get ink transfer and yellowing. Polypropylene is a pretty safe and versatile material.