COC vs. PEEK
Both COC and PEEK are thermoplastics. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (19, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is COC and the bottom bar is PEEK.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 3.0 | |
| 4.0 to 24 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 | |
| 1.6 to 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 60 | |
| 97 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 60 | |
| 15 to 52 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 14 | |
| 3.0 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.5 |
| Water Absorption After 24 Hours, % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.3 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.7 | |
| 1.5 to 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 48 | |
| 36 to 73 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 36 to 55 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 34 to 57 |