PA 6/12 vs. PVF
Both PA 6/12 and PVF 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.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PA 6/12 and the bottom bar is PVF.
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Mechanical Properties
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 45 to 64 | |
| 90 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 40 to 58 | |
| 65 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 450 | |
| 360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 210 | |
| 230 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1590 | |
| 1300 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.22 | |
| 0.13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 25 | |
| 23 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 15 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 31 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.13 | |
| 0.071 |