Epoxy vs. PVF
Epoxy belongs to the thermoset plastics classification, while PVF belongs to the thermoplastics. There are 13 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 epoxy and the bottom bar is PVF.
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Mechanical Properties
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 67 | |
| 65 |
Thermal Properties
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 120 | |
| -20 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 430 | |
| 360 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 130 | |
| 110 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1500 | |
| 1300 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.2 | |
| 0.13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 100 | |
| 100 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 20 | |
| 23 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.1 | |
| 0.071 |