PVF vs. LDPE
Both PVF and LDPE are thermoplastics. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PVF and the bottom bar is LDPE.
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Mechanical Properties
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 65 | |
| 7.0 |
Thermal Properties
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | -20 | |
| -130 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 360 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 110 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1300 | |
| 2300 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.13 | |
| 0.36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 100 | |
| 220 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.4 | |
| 0.92 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 2.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 8.8 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.071 | |
| 0.17 |