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Balsa vs. PA 6/12

Balsa belongs to the wood-based materials classification, while PA 6/12 belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, 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 balsa and the bottom bar is PA 6/12.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.13
1.1
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 3.0
1.7 to 2.2
Elongation at Break, % 1.2
30 to 120
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1700
1590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
0.89 to 1.2
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
10 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 99
25 to 31
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 14
40 to 58
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.1
0.22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.45
0.13