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no:
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IOS-MAT-0065
2020-04-27
Specification
Version no: AA-168522-9
Mechanical/physical requirements,
polypropylene (PP) IKEA standard
grades
Issued by Signature Authorised by Signature
Alexander Grouleff Richard Nilsson,
Project leader, Requirement Engineering Manager,
Recycled/Renewable material Range & Product Development,
plastic products IKEA of Sweden AB
IKEA of Sweden AB
Mechanical/physical requirements, polypropylene
(PP) IKEA standard grades
About this specification
This specification describes IKEA requirements for IKEA standard grades for polypropylene (PP) and
recycled polypropylene (rPP) used for extrusion and injection moulding.
IOS-MAT-0105 has been clustered into this document.
Implementation of changes
Changes in this specification, version no 168522-9, shall be implemented in production at the latest from
packaging date stamp 2022 (year 2020 week 22).
Stock priority
Stock not compliant with the requirements in this specification shall be shipped to IKEA before shipping
stock compliant with this version.
Table of contents
1 Requirements .......................................................................................................... 2
1.1 Density ............................................................................................................. 2
1.2 IKEA PP pre-defined standard grades..................................................................... 3
2 Requirements for verification ..................................................................................... 4
3 Definitions ............................................................................................................... 5
4 References ............................................................................................................... 5
Summary of changes in version 9 ....................................................................................... 6
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1 Requirements
1.1 Density
The typical density for virgin polypropylene (unfilled) is 0.90 g/cm³ according to ISO 1183. Compounded or
filled will have a variety in density.
The tolerance is requirement on density:
• ± 1% for <20% mineral/reinforced filled or unfilled.
• ± 1.5% for ≥20% mineral/reinforced filled.
• ± 2 % for thermoplastic materials, with/without fibre reinforcement, in combination with gas
injection.
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1.2 IKEA PP pre-defined standard grades
Approved trade name grades are available from IKEA. Before a new trade name grade may be used, it shall be approved by IKEA.
The requirement for PP injection moulding standard grades are stated in Table 1.
Table 1: IKEA PP pre-defined standard grades
Yellowness Heat
Tensile Impact Flow Haze
index resistance
Stiffness Stress at yield Strain at yield Charpy notched MFR - Units HDT B
PP
(MPa) (MPa) (%) (kJ/m²) (g/10 min) (%) - (ºC)
ISO 527-2 ISO 179-1/1eA ISO 1133 ASTM D 1003 ASTM D 6290 ISO 75/B
1 mm/min 50 mm/min -20ºC +23ºC 230ºC, 2.16 kg 2 mm 4 mm -
Virgin fossil PP homo polymer
PPHO 1 ≥ 1450 ≥ 34 ≥9 N/A1 ≥3 ≥1 N/A1 N/A1 ≥ 80
PPHO 2 ≥1650 ≥ 35 ≥8 N/A1 ≥2 ≥ 20 N/A1 N/A1 ≥ 100
Virgin fossil PP block copolymer
PPCO 2 ≥ 1100 ≥ 19 ≥4 ≥ 6.5 ≥ 11.5 ≥ 12 N/A1 N/A1 ≥ 90
PPCO 4 ≥ 1400 ≥ 27 ≥5 ≥ 3.5 ≥8 ≥ 20 N/A1 N/A1 ≥ 100
PPCO 7 ≥ 1050 ≥ 24 ≥4 ≥3 ≥5 ≥ 50 N/A1 N/A1 ≥ 90
Recycled based PP
rPP i2 ≥ 1250 ≥ 24 ≥6 ≥ 1.0 ≥ 1.9 ≥ 20 N/A1 N/A1 ≥ 80
rPP i4 ≥ 1100 ≥ 20 ≥4 ≥ 2.0 ≥ 4.0 ≥ 15 N/A1 N/A1 ≥ 75
rPP i6 ≥950 ≥ 22 ≥ 4,5 ≥ 3.0 ≥ 6.5 ≥ 10 N/A1 N/A1 ≥ 75
Virgin fossil PP random copolymer
0ºC +23ºC
PPRA 1 ≥ 900 ≥ 27 ≥ 11 N/A1 ≥ 2.5 ≥ 15 ≤ 40 ≤1 ≥ 73
PPRA 3 ≥ 900 ≥ 27 ≥ 11 N/A1 ≥5 ≥ 35 ≤ 40 ≤1 ≥ 73
PPRA 4 ≥ 900 ≥ 23 ≥ 14 ≥ 3.5 ≥8 ≥ 24 ≤ 50 ≤1 ≥ 71
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N/A: Not applicable
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Extrusion grades or similar quality approved by IKEA shall be defined in product documentation.
Note: If the Material set contains an “or similar quality approved by IKEA of Sweden” grade it means that
the Material set contains a grade that is not defined in the table. When “or similar quality approved by IKEA
of Sweden” is specified the Material data sheet (MDS) describe the values for verification, see section 2. It is
important that “material producer” and “material code” is stated as “Designation” in both Material set and
in verification documents.
2 Requirements for verification
The requirements shall be verified according to the following:
• The identification is Technical Data Sheets (TDS).
• Verification documents are not to be uploaded in Connect. Upon request, made available by the
IKEA supplier to IKEA, within 3 working days.
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3 Definitions
Table 2: Definitions
Term Definition
Extrusion Extrusion is a manufacturing process where raw plastic is melted and formed into a
continuous profile
Injection Injection moulding is a manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting a plastic
raw material into mould
Material data Also known as Product Data Sheet (PDS) or Technical Data Sheet (TDS) and which
sheet (MDS) describes physical properties as listed in Table 1 in this document.
Material set Material combinations specified for each part of the product, stated in the Technical
Description.
PPCO Block copolymer, has co-monomer units of ethylene arranged in blocks in regular
patterns along the polypropylene molecule. Ethylene improves impact properties and
decrease stiffness compared to homopolymer.
PPHO Homopolymer, can be referred to as the default state of the polypropylene materials.
Consist of one monomer, propene, has high stiffness but is limited in impact properties.
PPRA Random copolymer, opposed to block copolymer, has the co-monomer units of ethylene
arranged in irregular or random patterns along the polypropylene molecule. Main
property compared to homo and block copolymer is transparency and has generally
lower stiffness than both homo and block copolymer and impact properties slightly
better than homopolymers.
r A lower case “r” before a term means that it is recycled material (based on both pre-
consumer and post-consumer waste). For example rPET.
Technical Data The TDS normally contains typical properties with the purpose to communicate
Sheet (TDS) capabilities by the producer of raw material. (This kind of document is also sometimes
known as “Product Data Sheet” or “Material Data Sheet”).
4 References
Table 3: References
Reference Name
ASTM D1003: 2013 Standard Test Method for Haze and Luminous Transmittance of Transparent Plastics
ASTM D-6290: 2013 Standard Test Method for Colour Determination of Plastic Pellets
ISO 75-2: 2013 Plastics - Determination of temperature of deflection under load - Part 2: Plastics
and ebonite
ISO 179-1 (1eA): 2010 Plastics - Determination of Charpy impact properties - (Type 1, Edgewise, Notch A)
ISO 527-2: 2012 Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 2: Test conditions for moulding
ISO 1133: 2011 Plastics - Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and melt volume-flow rate
(MVR) of thermoplastics - Part 1: Standard method
ISO 1183: 2004 Plastics - Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics - Part 2: Density
gradient column method
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Summary of changes in version 9
Changes are marked with a line in the left-hand margin. A double line to the left of a heading means that a
new section has been added or that the majority of the content in the section has been changed.
Table 4: Summary of changes in version 9
Page Section Requirement Amendment
4 2 Requirements for verification Section heading renamed.
3 1.2 IKEA PP pre-defined standard grades In table 1, changed name to Recycled
based PP.
5 3 Definitions Updated definition for “r”.
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