LDPE vs. CA
Both LDPE and CA are thermoplastics. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is LDPE and the bottom bar is CA.
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Mechanical Properties
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 7.0 | |
| 30 to 37 |
Thermal Properties
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | -130 | |
| 230 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 380 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 400 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 2300 | |
| 1500 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.36 | |
| 0.25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 220 | |
| 14 |
| Vicat Softening Temperature, °C | 50 | |
| 100 to 110 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 0.92 | |
| 1.3 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 2.1 | |
| 6.4 to 7.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 8.8 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.17 | |
| 0.13 |