PA 6 vs. PPA
Both PA 6 and PPA are thermoplastics. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PA 6 and the bottom bar is PPA.
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Material Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 1.1 to 16 | |
| 2.1 to 2.2 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 67 | |
| 30 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 1.2 to 14 | |
| 2.3 to 2.4 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 40 to 230 | |
| 95 to 110 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| 92 to 130 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 430 | |
| 450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 to 210 | |
| 57 to 69 |