PFA vs. EVA
Both PFA and EVA are thermoplastics. There are 11 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 PFA and the bottom bar is EVA.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elongation at Break, % | 300 | |
| 300 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 30 | |
| 3.0 to 35 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 300 | |
| 55 to 95 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1000 | |
| 1400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.25 | |
| 0.34 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 2.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 22 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.2 | |
| 0.93 to 1.0 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 3.9 | |
| 0.87 to 10 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 | |
| 4.8 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.12 | |
| 0.25 to 0.26 |