PA 4/6 vs. PPE
Both PA 4/6 and PPE are thermoplastics. There are 8 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 PA 4/6 and the bottom bar is PPE.
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Material Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 3.6 to 4.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 15 to 30 | |
| 19 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 1.0 to 16 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 7.0 to 13 | |
| 13 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 50 | |
| 30 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 50 to 350 | |
| 75 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 300 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 120 to 250 | |
| 55 |