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Careful there.... polycarbonate has some attractive
properties, but it is NOT stronger than acrylic (plexiglass)
A quick check on a couple places...
Compressive Strength
Polycarbonate 12000 PSI
Acrylic Sheet 14500-17000 psi
Cast Acrylic 11000-19000
psi
Tensile Strength
Polycarbonate 9,500 PSI
Acrylic Sheet 7980-12300
psi
Cast Acrylic 8000-11000 psi
Mark Roberts
The interior of this six person chamber was painted with a special epoxy paint, and when you use the chamber you must wear 100 percent cotton clothing with no dies in it to reduce the chance of electrostatic shock. You can see in this picture the intake and exhaust of the O2 as well as external lighting fixtures shining through the Hyzod view ports, now called Makrolon. The bulb in this light fixture is a screw in flouresant type to keep the heat down on the view port as well as the interior of the chamber.
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