ABS vs. PFA
Both ABS and PFA are thermoplastics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ABS and the bottom bar is PFA.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.5 to 50 | |
| 300 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 2.1 to 7.6 | |
| 0.7 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 37 to 110 | |
| 30 |
Thermal Properties
| Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C | 76 to 110 | |
| 50 |
| Heat Deflection Temperature At 455 kPa (66 psi), °C | 83 to 110 | |
| 75 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 81 to 95 | |
| 120 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 3.1 to 3.2 | |
| 2.1 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 15 to 16 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 2.2 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 22 | |
| 3.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 37 | |
| 10 |