PTFE vs. PP Homopolymer
Both PTFE and PP homopolymer are thermoplastics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 PTFE and the bottom bar is PP homopolymer.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 6.9 to 24 | |
| 45 to 64 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 75 to 300 | |
| 3.0 to 80 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 0.4 to 1.3 | |
| 1.5 to 7.0 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 13 to 50 | |
| 41 to 100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 13 to 25 | |
| 36 to 93 |
Thermal Properties
| Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C | 66 to 70 | |
| 73 to 160 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 260 to 270 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 110 to 120 | |
| 30 to 90 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.1 to 2.3 | |
| 0.91 to 1.2 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.7 to 3.2 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 5.7 to 8.7 | |
| 27 to 37 |