PBT vs. PVF
Both PBT and PVF are thermoplastics. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PBT and the bottom bar is PVF.
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Mechanical Properties
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 79 to 210 | |
| 90 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 58 to 140 | |
| 65 |
Thermal Properties
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| -20 |
| Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C | 4.0 | |
| 90 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 380 | |
| 480 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 380 | |
| 360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 230 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1040 to 1200 | |
| 1300 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.3 to 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 20 | |
| 23 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 38 | |
| 26 |