PBI vs. PVF
PBI belongs to the thermoset plastics classification, while PVF belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 15 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 PBI and the bottom bar is PVF.
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Mechanical Properties
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 220 | |
| 90 |
| Impact Strength: Notched Izod, J/m | 27 | |
| 100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 65 |
Thermal Properties
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 410 | |
| -20 |
| Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C | 430 | |
| 90 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 590 | |
| 360 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 340 | |
| 110 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 930 | |
| 1300 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.41 | |
| 0.13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 58 | |
| 23 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 50 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.34 | |
| 0.071 |