PHB vs. LDPE
Both PHB and LDPE are thermoplastics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PHB and the bottom bar is LDPE.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.3 | |
| 0.92 |
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 3.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 1.3 | |
| 0.3 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 180 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 0.58 | |
| 0.18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 29 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.7 | |
| 2.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 8.8 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 30 | |
| 7.0 |
| Vicat Softening Temperature, °C | 58 | |
| 50 |