PPE vs. PA 6
Both PPE and PA 6 are thermoplastics. There are 9 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 PPE and the bottom bar is PA 6.
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Material Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 2.7 | |
| 3.3 to 5.0 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 19 | |
| 10 to 30 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 2.3 | |
| 1.1 to 16 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 30 | |
| 2.5 to 67 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 75 | |
| 40 to 230 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 85 | |
| 40 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 430 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 260 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 55 | |
| 35 to 210 |