Acrylic and polycarbonate are belong to thermoplastic project plastic.The difference are at below.
1. Application
Acrylic is always used to light box/display/advertise/sign/photo frame/furniture/kitchen/crafts.
Polycarbonate is main used to industry manufacture and outdoor decoration such as greenhouse/
canopy/sunshade/garage/roof/awning etc.
2. Transparancy
Acrylic has higher transparancy than polycarbonate. The transparancy of acrylic is up to 92%, and
polycarbonate is about 87%.
3. Hardness
Compared to acrylic ,polycarbonate is higher hardness than acrylic . Therefore ,the acrylic is more
easy to process.
4. Temperature resistant
Polycarbonate is higher temperature resistant which is up 120℃. Acrylic becomes soft when the
temperature reaches to 85℃
5. Stable
Compared to acrylic , polycarbonate is more stable/stamp resistant /tensile strength.
6. Price.
Polycarbonate is higher price than acrylic .
We Zibo Tianheng New Nanomaterials Technology Co.,ltd is a manufacturer of polycarbonate film sheet widely used for card materials, barrier, membrane switch, insulation parts of the electronics, etc.