PAI vs. PEEK
Both PAI and PEEK are thermoplastics. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PAI and the bottom bar is PEEK.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 260 to 300 | |
| 120 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 4.0 to 8.3 | |
| 4.0 to 24 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 12 | |
| 1.6 to 43 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 4.0 to 6.8 | |
| 3.8 to 19 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 150 to 330 |
| Impact Strength: Notched Izod, J/m | 45 to 140 | |
| 78 to 120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 100 to 180 | |
| 97 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 280 | |
| 240 |
| Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C | 280 | |
| 160 to 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 530 | |
| 600 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 490 | |
| 570 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 260 | |
| 330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 910 to 1000 | |
| 1390 to 1700 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.26 to 0.53 | |
| 0.25 to 0.93 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 to 34 | |
| 15 to 52 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 1.3 to 1.5 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 45 | |
| 38 |
| Water Absorption After 24 Hours, % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0.060 to 0.3 |
| Water Absorption At Saturation, % | 1.5 to 1.7 | |
| 0.22 to 0.5 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.6 to 3.2 | |
| 1.5 to 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 38 to 47 | |
| 36 to 73 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 34 | |
| 20 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 49 | |
| 36 to 55 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.16 to 0.41 | |
| 0.1 to 0.51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 110 | |
| 34 to 57 |