PA 6 vs. PTFE
Both PA 6 and PTFE 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 PTFE.
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Material Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 3.3 to 5.0 | |
| 2.1 to 2.4 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 67 | |
| 75 to 300 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 1.2 to 14 | |
| 0.4 to 1.3 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 40 to 230 | |
| 13 to 50 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 24 | |
| 90 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 330 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 to 210 | |
| 13 to 25 |