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IR Rubber vs. FEP

IR rubber belongs to the thermoset elastomers (rubber) classification, while FEP belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, 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 IR rubber and the bottom bar is FEP.

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Mechanical Properties

Elongation at Break, % 600
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 19
20

Thermal Properties

Glass Transition Temperature, °C -70
60
Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C 300
630
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1550
1170
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.14
0.22

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 1.0
2.1
Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % 19
80

Common Calculations

Strength to Weight: Axial, points 5.6
2.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
7.6
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.1
0.088