PLA vs. PTFE
Both PLA and PTFE are thermoplastics. There are 10 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 PLA and the bottom bar is PTFE.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.3 | |
| 2.1 to 2.3 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 | |
| 75 to 300 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 4.0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.3 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 80 | |
| 13 to 50 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 50 | |
| 260 to 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 160 | |
| 330 to 340 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 1.7 to 3.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 5.7 to 8.7 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 50 | |
| 13 to 25 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.13 | |
| 0.24 to 0.65 |