PA 6 vs. PVC-P
Both PA 6 and PVC-P 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 PVC-P.
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Material Properties
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 10 to 30 | |
| 20 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 1.1 to 16 | |
| 1.4 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 67 | |
| 180 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| 75 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 24 | |
| 44 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 430 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 430 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 190 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 to 210 | |
| 16 |