PA 6 vs. PFA
Both PA 6 and PFA are thermoplastics. There are 7 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (19, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PA 6 and the bottom bar is PFA.
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Material Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 3.3 to 5.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 10 to 30 | |
| 22 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 67 | |
| 300 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 1.2 to 14 | |
| 0.7 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 24 | |
| 80 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 to 210 | |
| 30 |