PMP vs. PTFE
Both PMP and PTFE are thermoplastics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (19, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PMP and the bottom bar is PTFE.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Material Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 0.83 | |
2.1 to 2.3 |
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 14 | |
2.0 to 18 |
Elongation at Break, % | 30 | |
75 to 300 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 140 | |
260 to 270 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
330 to 340 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 8.0 | |
1.7 to 3.2 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
5.7 to 8.7 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 24 | |
13 to 25 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.17 | |
0.24 to 0.65 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 120 | |
110 to 120 |