PAS vs. PEEK
Both PAS and PEEK are thermoplastics. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PAS and the bottom bar is PEEK.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 2.7 | |
| 4.0 to 24 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 1.6 to 43 |
| Flexural Modulus, GPa | 2.8 | |
| 3.8 to 19 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 150 to 330 |
| Impact Strength: Notched Izod, J/m | 85 | |
| 78 to 120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 83 | |
| 97 to 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C | 200 | |
| 160 to 300 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 49 | |
| 15 to 52 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 15 | |
| 3.0 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.4 | |
| 1.3 to 1.5 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 33 | |
| 38 |
| Water Absorption After 24 Hours, % | 0.4 | |
| 0.060 to 0.3 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.1 | |
| 1.5 to 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 34 | |
| 36 to 73 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 20 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 31 | |
| 36 to 55 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 45 | |
| 34 to 57 |