PA 6 vs. PLA
Both PA 6 and PLA are thermoplastics. There are 7 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PA 6 and the bottom bar is PLA.
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Material Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 1.1 to 16 | |
| 3.5 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 67 | |
| 6.0 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 1.2 to 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 40 to 230 | |
| 80 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| 60 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 160 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 to 210 | |
| 50 |