PFA vs. PEEK
Both PFA and PEEK are thermoplastics. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PFA and the bottom bar is PEEK.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elongation at Break, % | 300 | |
| 1.6 to 43 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 0.7 | |
| 3.8 to 19 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 30 | |
| 97 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C | 50 | |
| 160 to 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 260 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 300 | |
| 340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1000 | |
| 1390 to 1700 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.25 | |
| 0.25 to 0.93 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 120 | |
| 15 to 52 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 16 | |
| 3.0 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.2 | |
| 1.3 to 1.5 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 80 | |
| 38 |
| Water Absorption After 24 Hours, % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.3 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 3.9 | |
| 20 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 10 | |
| 36 to 55 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.12 | |
| 0.1 to 0.51 |