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PEEK vs. S44700 Stainless Steel

PEEK and S44700 stainless steel belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. PEEK is a polymeric material, while S44700 stainless steel is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (32, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is PEEK and the bottom bar is S44700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 4.0 to 24
210
Elongation at Break, % 1.6 to 43
23
Shear Strength, MPa 50 to 100
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 97 to 200
600

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 330
1100
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 340
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1390 to 1700
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15 to 52
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 1.3 to 1.5
7.8

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.5 to 10
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 73
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 41
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 55
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 34 to 57
19