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PFA vs. LDPE

Both PFA and LDPE are thermoplastics. There are 10 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 PFA and the bottom bar is LDPE.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.2
0.92
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz 2.1
2.3
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 300
110
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1000
2300
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 3.9
2.1
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 10
8.8
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 30
7.0
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.25
0.36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.12
0.17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 120
220