PA 6 vs. PET
Both PA 6 and PET are thermoplastics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PA 6 and the bottom bar is PET.
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Material Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 1.1 to 16 | |
| 3.5 to 11 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 67 | |
| 2.5 to 70 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 1.2 to 14 | |
| 8.3 to 14 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| 70 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 430 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 430 | |
| 390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 to 210 | |
| 60 to 140 |