PPO vs. PMMA

Both PPO and PMMA are thermoplastics. There are 13 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 PPO and the bottom bar is PMMA.

Polyphenylene Oxide (PPO)Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA, Acrylic)

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Mechanical Properties

Elongation at Break, %		3.5 to 28
Elongation at Break, %		4.0

Flexural Strength, MPa		92 to 140
Flexural Strength, MPa		110

Impact Strength: Notched Izod, J/m		80 to 270
Impact Strength: Notched Izod, J/m		74

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa		63 to 140
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa		71

Thermal Properties

Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C		120 to 140
Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C		96

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K		1020 to 1250
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K		1260

Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K		25 to 60
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K		76

Electrical Properties

Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz		2.7 to 3.2
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz		3.6

Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm		19 to 21
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm		30

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm³		1.1 to 1.4
Density, g/cm³		1.2

Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), %		32
Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), %		17

Common Calculations

Strength to Weight: Axial, points		16 to 27
Strength to Weight: Axial, points		17

Strength to Weight: Bending, points		33 to 42
Strength to Weight: Bending, points		32