ABS vs. Potassium Chloride
ABS and potassium chloride belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. ABS is a polymeric material, while potassium chloride is ceramic. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 5 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (23, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ABS and the bottom bar is potassium chloride.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Material Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
2.0 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 2.0 to 2.6 | |
28 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 0.79 to 1.4 | |
7.7 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 30 to 44 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 81 to 95 | |
36 |