PAR vs. MDPE
Both PAR and MDPE are thermoplastics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PAR and the bottom bar is MDPE.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.2 | |
| 0.93 |
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 3.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 2.0 | |
| 0.6 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 190 | |
| -80 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1200 | |
| 2350 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 0.93 | |
| 0.36 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.18 | |
| 0.4 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.13 | |
| 0.18 |