Nimbus Gll Material Properties

Physical
Construction: Double aluminium sheet, double formed
Materials: 0.3 & 0.125mm 1050A '0' grade aluminium
Material Thickness: 0.43 mm
Product Thickness: 5.25 mm
Area Density: 1.69 kg/m2
Thermal
Thermal Conductivity @ 150 ºC (1) 0.27 W/mK
Hot Plate Temperature Drop @ 150 ºC: (2) 72.3 ºC
Internal Exhaust Test (3); Horizontal flat sample
No shield: Source: 300 ºC Receiver: 144 ºC
Source: 500 ºC Receiver: 274 ºC
Nimbus Gll (new): Source: 328 ºC Receiver: 50 ºC
Source: 565 ºC Receiver: 85ºC
Nimbus Gll (Dirt impinged): (5) Source: 286 ºC Receiver: 63 ºC
Source: 493 ºC Receiver: 109 ºC
Surface Emissivity @ 150 ºC New: 0.28
Heat Aged (@ 300 ºC):0.2
Accelerated Salt Spray: (4) 0.34
Acoustic
Impact Noise: (6)
0.6mm Embossed Aluminium: 101 dB(A)
Nimbus:90.8 dB(A)
Attenuation: (7) 6.1 dB(A)
Mechanical
Stone Impingement: (8) 6B (10 chips, 1-3mm diameter)
180 ºree Peel Strength: 1.4 Nmm
Tensile Strength (x direction (9)): 60 MPa
Tensile Strength (y direction (10)): 40 MPa
Tensile Modulus (x direction): 71.5 MPa
Miscellaneous
Recyclability: Fully recyclable

NOTES
(1) Based on BS874 Pt.2 - Guarded hot plate method.
(2) As per SAE J1361 - Hot plate test.
(3) Source-Receiver Distance: 25mm, Source-Shield Hot Face Distance: 12.5mm, Receiver: Black Painted 2.6mm Steel. Sample size: 25x8cm, Receiver size: 15x10cm. Source running at constant power.
(4) ASTM G85 - Salt Water Acetic Acid Test.
(5) Shield hot face coated with 'standard' dirt mixture at approximately 60gsm.
(6) Noise generated from supported 30x21cm flat sample by 0.9g steel ball dropped from 50mm.
(7) As per Iveco 18-8304 Pt 4.15.
(8) As per SAE J400.
(9) Parallel to primary corrugations.
(10) Parallel to secondary corrugations.
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