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FEP vs. MDPE

Both FEP and MDPE 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. 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 FEP and the bottom bar is MDPE.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.1
0.93
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz 1.9
2.3
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 0.43
0.6
Glass Transition Temperature, °C 60
-80
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 260
120
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1170
2350
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 0.11
0.36
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 12
30
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.22
0.4
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.088
0.18