PA 6 vs. Phenolic
PA 6 belongs to the thermoplastics classification, while phenolic belongs to the thermoset plastics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PA 6 and the bottom bar is phenolic.
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Material Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 3.3 to 5.0 | |
| 7.5 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 10 to 30 | |
| 46 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 1.1 to 16 | |
| 3.8 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 67 | |
| 2.0 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| 170 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 24 | |
| 27 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 430 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 430 | |
| 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 to 210 | |
| 48 |