CA vs. PA 6
Both CA and PA 6 are thermoplastics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CA and the bottom bar is PA 6.
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Material Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 3.6 | |
| 3.3 to 5.0 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 15 | |
| 10 to 30 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 30 | |
| 2.5 to 67 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 1.7 to 2.1 | |
| 1.2 to 14 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 40 to 55 | |
| 40 to 230 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 230 | |
| 40 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 400 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 250 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 30 to 37 | |
| 35 to 210 |