PA 6 vs. PEEK
Both PA 6 and PEEK are thermoplastics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (21, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PA 6 and the bottom bar is PEEK.
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Material Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 1.1 to 16 | |
| 4.0 to 24 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.5 to 67 | |
| 1.6 to 43 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 1.2 to 14 | |
| 3.8 to 19 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 40 to 230 | |
| 150 to 330 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 40 | |
| 240 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 24 | |
| 38 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 430 | |
| 600 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 430 | |
| 570 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 35 to 210 | |
| 97 to 200 |