PA 6 vs. CPVC
Both PA 6 and CPVC are thermoplastics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (21, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PA 6 and the bottom bar is CPVC.
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Material Properties
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 10 to 30 | |
| 49 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 1.1 to 16 | |
| 2.8 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 67 | |
| 4.0 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 1.2 to 14 | |
| 2.5 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 40 to 230 | |
| 100 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| 100 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 24 | |
| 57 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 430 | |
| 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 to 210 | |
| 50 |