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Add material: Vespel SP-1 Polyimide - #1

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Unfilled DuPont Vespel SP-1, sourced primarily from the DuPont Vespel S Line Design Handbook (with MatWeb for the Rockwell E hardness row).

Notable modeling calls (all documented in the material notes):

  • youngs_modulus stores the ISO flexural modulus (3.10 GPa) - DuPont publishes no tensile modulus for SP-1 and treats flexural modulus as the modulus of elasticity for this grade.
  • yield_strength null (no yield point published) -> M4-M6 blank.
  • melting_point_tm and glass_transition_tg both null - Vespel SP is thermoset-like with no melt or Tg below decomposition (>400 C).
  • fracture_toughness / hardness_vickers null (not published).
  • 2-point R=-1 Axial fatigue curve from Handbook Table 1 + Fig 29.

Regenerated materials/index.json; bumped README/SPEC counts 62 -> 63. validate.py 63/63, lint_physics.py clean, check_docs.py OK.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011EH3uenu7WNdfpvxoEjU4s

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Checklist

  • python tools/validate.py passes locally
  • python tools/update_manifest.py run if any material files were added or removed
  • New references either exist in references/index.json or are embedded under new_references in the material JSON (admin: run python tools/import_new_refs.py --write after merge)
  • Slug matches filename (identification.slug == filename without .json)
  • All property values stored in canonical units (GPa, MPa, g/cm³, °C, µm/m·K, W/m·K, J/kg·K, % IACS, HV)

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Unfilled DuPont Vespel SP-1, sourced primarily from the DuPont Vespel
S Line Design Handbook (with MatWeb for the Rockwell E hardness row).

Notable modeling calls (all documented in the material notes):
- youngs_modulus stores the ISO flexural modulus (3.10 GPa) - DuPont
  publishes no tensile modulus for SP-1 and treats flexural modulus as
  the modulus of elasticity for this grade.
- yield_strength null (no yield point published) -> M4-M6 blank.
- melting_point_tm and glass_transition_tg both null - Vespel SP is
  thermoset-like with no melt or Tg below decomposition (>400 C).
- fracture_toughness / hardness_vickers null (not published).
- 2-point R=-1 Axial fatigue curve from Handbook Table 1 + Fig 29.

Regenerated materials/index.json; bumped README/SPEC counts 62 -> 63.
validate.py 63/63, lint_physics.py clean, check_docs.py OK.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011EH3uenu7WNdfpvxoEjU4s
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scroberts added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 2, 2026
Adds a "Key Conventions" subsection recording that when Claude adds a
material for the repo owner, it commits directly to main rather than
opening a PR (PRs #1/#2 used branches; owner asked to stop). Branches/
PRs stay reserved for code, schema, or tooling changes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0196wufhr7LvKMeDwyT2kh5K
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