PEEK vs. PFA
Both PEEK and PFA are thermoplastics. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PEEK and the bottom bar is PFA.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.6 to 43 | |
| 300 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 3.8 to 19 | |
| 0.7 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 97 to 200 | |
| 30 |
Thermal Properties
| Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C | 160 to 300 | |
| 50 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 340 | |
| 300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1390 to 1700 | |
| 1000 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.25 to 0.93 | |
| 0.25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 to 52 | |
| 120 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 3.0 to 14 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.3 to 1.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 38 | |
| 80 |
| Water Absorption After 24 Hours, % | 0.060 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 41 | |
| 3.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 to 55 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.1 to 0.51 | |
| 0.12 |