PEEK vs. Graphite
PEEK and graphite belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. PEEK is a polymeric material, while graphite is ceramic. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PEEK and the bottom bar is graphite.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 120 to 300 | |
| 90 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 4.0 to 24 | |
| 21 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 150 to 330 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 97 to 200 | |
| 18 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 330 | |
| 220 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.25 to 0.93 | |
| 6.0 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 to 52 | |
| 4.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.3 to 1.5 | |
| 1.8 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.5 to 10 | |
| 6.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 36 to 73 | |
| 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 41 | |
| 2.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 to 55 | |
| 8.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 to 57 | |
| 12 |