PA 6 vs. PAI
Both PA 6 and PAI are thermoplastics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (19, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PA 6 and the bottom bar is PAI.
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Material Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 1.1 to 16 | |
| 4.0 to 8.3 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 67 | |
| 3.0 to 12 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 1.2 to 14 | |
| 4.0 to 6.8 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 40 to 230 | |
| 160 to 320 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| 280 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 24 | |
| 45 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 430 | |
| 530 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 430 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 to 210 | |
| 100 to 180 |