PVF vs. PTFE
Both PVF and PTFE are thermoplastics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is PVF and the bottom bar is PTFE.
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Mechanical Properties
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 90 | |
| 13 to 50 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 65 | |
| 13 to 25 |
Thermal Properties
| Heat Deflection Temperature At 1.82 MPa (264 psi), °C | 90 | |
| 66 to 70 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 110 | |
| 260 to 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 330 to 340 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.13 | |
| 0.24 to 0.65 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 100 | |
| 110 to 120 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.4 | |
| 2.1 to 2.3 |
| Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI), % | 23 | |
| 90 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 1.7 to 3.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 5.7 to 8.7 |