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IR Rubber vs. PFA

IR rubber belongs to the thermoset elastomers (rubber) classification, while PFA belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 9 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 IR rubber and the bottom bar is PFA.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 1.0
2.2
Elongation at Break, % 600
300
Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % 19
80
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1550
1000
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 5.6
3.9
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
10
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 19
30
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.14
0.25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.1
0.12