PMMA vs. PA 6
Both PMMA and PA 6 are thermoplastics. There are 10 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 PMMA and the bottom bar is PA 6.
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Material Properties
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 30 | |
| 10 to 30 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 3.2 | |
| 1.1 to 16 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 | |
| 2.5 to 67 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 40 to 230 |
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 110 | |
| 40 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Maximum Temperature: Autoignition, °C | 320 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Decomposition, °C | 360 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 180 | |
| 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 71 | |
| 35 to 210 |