!Tool Description

The Matrix Tool is an online web-tool to help manage find a replacement recycled plastics (recyclate) with certain properties or to find potential buyers of your produced plastics. TODO

!Advantages of the Matrix Tool

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!Explaination of Important Material Properties

__Charpy Impact Strength:__ Denotes the energy needed for fracture of the material. The greater the value, the more resistant the material is to cracking upon being hit and vice versa.

__Strain at Yield:__ Denotes the percentage of elongation of the material at its maximum elastic point. The greater the value, the more the elongation and vice versa.

__Yield Stress:__ Force the material can handle at its maximum elastic point. The greater the value, the more force the material can handle and vice versa.

__E-modulus:__ Denotes the stiffness of the material. The greater the value the stiffer the material is and vice versa.

__Vicat:__ Denotes the temperature at which the material softens.

__MFI:__ Denotes the flow behavior of the material. This property is very important for processing technology.



!Video

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[Matrix Tool Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS7IzU2VJIQ]
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!Guidelines

Before you are getting started, take a look at the [guidelines | matrix//matrix-guidelines.pdf] and make yourself familiar with how to use the tool.

!Getting Started

The tool is available at [https://matrix.sis.cs.uos.de/login.xhtml]. Please contact ??? to get access to the tool.