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NEMA Laminate vs. Spruce-pine-fir

NEMA laminate belongs to the thermoset plastics classification, while spruce-pine-fir belongs to the wood-based materials. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, 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 NEMA laminate and the bottom bar is spruce-pine-fir.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 190 to 360
50
Density, g/cm3 1.3 to 1.9
0.5
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm 12 to 21
0.5
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 120 to 200
130
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.3 to 40
47
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 50
86
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 55 to 260
85
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.0 to 20
6.5