Typical Property Data to Compare Types of Plastics

Typical Property Data to Compare Types of Plastics
Property	Units	ABS	Noryl	Noryl 30% glass filled	Nylon MD	Nylatron, Unfilled®	Nylon NSM	Nylon GSM	HDPE	UHMW	LDPE	Polysulfone	Polypropylene	Acetal	PVC Type 1	PBT	PEEK	Teflon	Polycarbonate	Acrylic
Water Absorption (24 Hours)	%	0.3	.07	.06	1.2	1.2	.25	1.2	.03	.01		.30	.008	.25	.10	.07	.15	-	.02	.03
Water Absorption (Saturation)	%	0.7	.20	-	6.5	9.0	7.0	6.5		.01		-	-	.90	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tensile Strength (73 °F)	PSI	6,500	9,600	17,800	12,500	12,400	11,000	12,500	4,600	4,750			4,800	10,000	7,000	9,400 7,200L	14,500	3,350	10,500	10,000
Flexural Strength (73 °F)	PSI	11,000	13,500	20,000	16,400	14,000	16,000	16,400	1,400	3,500			7,000	14,300	12,500	-	24,650	no break	12,000	17,000
Compressive Strength (10% Deflection)	PSI	6,750	-	-	10,000	12,000	14,000	10,000	4,570	-		4,000	6,720	18,000	10,830	-	17,000	-	11,000
Shear Strength (73 °F)	PSI	-	-	-	11,000	9,600	10,000	11,000	3,380	-			5,710	9,500	9,240	-	7,690	-	9,200
Impact Strength, Notched Izod (73 °F)	Ft-Lbs/In.	-	5.0	2.3	.8 - 1.0	1.2	0.5	.8 - 1.0	3	no break		1.2	1.9	1.5	1.3	.7	1.6	-	13	.9
Elongation at Break (73 °F)	%	20	30	-	50	90	20	50	55	325			-	60	25	-	50	210	100	5
Tensile Modulus of Elasticity (73 °F)	PSI	320,000	350,000	-	400,000	400,000	410,000	400,000	170,000	90,000		360,000	190,000	450,000	410,000	420,000 380,000L	580,000	70,000	320,000
Flexural Modulus of Elasticity (73 °F)	PSI	330,000	360,000	1,100,000	400,000	410,000	475,000	400,000	200,000	110,000		390,000	180,000	425,000	420,000	420,000 390,000L	594,500	100,000	375,000	400,000
Hardness - Rockwell & Burnell (73 °F)	Various Scales	R105	R119	L108	R120	R120	R110	R120	D69	R64		R92	R92	R120	R112	-	R126	R15	R118	M-93
Density	Lbs/cubic In	0.037	.039	.049	0.041	0.0415	0.0415	.0418	.034	.034			.032	.051	0.053	.0473	.047	.079	.043	.044
Coefficient of Friction (Dynamic)	None	-	.39	-	.35	0.35	.18	.35		.12			-	.25	-	.25 .11 L	.34	0.07	-
Wear Factor (K)	In-min/ Ft-Lbs-Hr	-	-	-	8	72		83		111			-	216	-	210 38 L	200	-	-
Limiting PV	PSI/ FPM	-	-	-	3,000	2,700	12,300	3,000		2,000			-	2,700	-	6,000 15,700 L	20,000	-	-
Abrasion Resistance Index	None	-	-	-	-	54	-	-		10			-	137	-	-	55	78	-	-
Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion	In/In/F	4.0x10⁵	3.3x10⁵	1.4x10⁵	5.0x10⁵	5.0x10⁵	5.9x10³	5.0x10⁵	1.25x10⁴	7.2x10⁵		3.1 x 10⁵	1.20x10⁴	5.0x10⁵	7.3x10⁵	-	2.6x10⁵	6.5x10⁵	3.9 x 10⁵	1.3 x 10⁴
Continuous Service Temperature - in Air (max.)	F	185	220	220	212	212	200	212	180	160			-	180	160	221	480	500	475	180
Deflection Temperature (264 PSI)	F	220	265	265	200	194	200	200	151	116		345	-	260	154	200	320	115	539	-
Melting Point	F	-	310	310	430	491	420	430		-			-	347	360	-	640	621	-	-
Deformation Under Load (2000 PSI, 122 °F)	%	-	-	-	.75	2.0	-	.75		7			-	.60	-	-	-	5	-	-
Dielectric Strength	Volts/ Mil	450	500	530	550	400	-	550	500	-		425	-	380	552	-	-	-	840
Dielectric Constant (1 kHz)	None	2.87	-	-	3.7	4.1	-	3.7		-			-	3.7	-	-	-	-	4.4	3
Dielectric Constant (1 MHz)	None	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	-	3.7		-			-	3.7	-	-	-	-	4.2	3
Dielectric Constant (60 Hz)	None	-	2.7	3.2	3.7	3.4	-	3.7	2.65	2.3		3.15	2.3	3.7	4.0	-	3.3	-	-	3
Volume Resistively	Ohm-CM		10-17	10-17					1x10¹⁵				1x10¹⁷						6 x 10¹⁶	-

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