The document is a technical data sheet detailing the properties of various high heat plastics, including their mechanical and thermal processing characteristics such as density, light transmittance, tensile strength, and processing temperatures. It includes specific values for different materials like PESU, PPSU, PEI, and more, presenting a comprehensive overview valuable for selecting appropriate plastics for various applications. The data is based on supplier data sheets and literature as of September 2018.

1. MECHANICAL THERMAL PROCESSING
Property
Density
Lighttransmittance
HDTat0.46MPa
HDTat1.8MPa
Tensilestrengthat
break
Elongationatbreak
Flexuralmodulus
Glasstransition
temperature
Melttarget
temperaturerange
MFR/MVR
Processing
temperature
Tooltemperature
Dryingtime/Drying
temperature
Moldingshrinkage,in
directionofflow
Moldingshrinkage,
perpendiculartoflow
Unit
g/
cm³
%
@
1.6
mm
°C °C MPa % MPa °C °C
g/10
min
cm³/
10
min
°C °C h/°C % %
PSU
1.24 70
175-
185
165-
175
70
50-
100
2.7 185 360
5-
9/90
330-
385
120-
160
2
/163
0.68 2
PESU
1.37 70
215-
220
195-
210
83
30-
90
2.9 220 365
x/35-
70
345-
385
140-
190
3/
177
0.85 0.9
PPSU
1.29 80 215
205-
210
70
60-
120
2.4 220 375
14-
20/x
340-
395
140-
160
3/
177
0.6 0.7
PEI
1.27 85 210 201 115
60-
80
3.5 217
370 -
410
x/13
365-
375
140
-
180
4-6/
150
0.5 0.7
PI
1.31 85 / 223
70-
150
8-70 3.1 267
380 -
410
10/x
370-
400
150
-
175
4-6/
175
1 1.2
PAI
1.42 80 280 275
150-
155
7-20 5 280
320-
385
x/x
310-
375
163-
218
6-8/
150
0.6 0.85
PPS
1.35 0 205
120-
130
80-
95
0,60
- 25
3.9-
4.1
75-
85
285
75-
200/x
300-
315
135
-
177
149/
6
0.1-
0.2
0.1 -
0.3
PPA
1.65 35 310 295 275 2.1 320 133
310-
325
x/ 4-6
320-
340
150
4/
120
0.2 0.7
PARA
1.64 30 230 280 1.9 400 85 235
x/10-
15
260-
290
120-
140
1.5/
120
0.1 0.3
PEEK
1.31 0 160
260-
280
90-
110
20-
40
4.1 145 334
1,6 –
36 / x
345-
390
175-
190
3-7 /
120-
152
1.2 1.3
PEKK
1.31 0 - 175 110 10 4.55 163 360 3/x
345-
370
149
-
232
3
/149
1.0 1.2
LCP
1.4
opa
que
/
105-
187
140-
182
1.7-
3.4
9-12 110
212-
280
x/x
225-
295
38 -
93
4/
149
0.2 0.4
PTFE
2.15-
2.25
opa
que
120-
125
50-
60
20-
40
250-
500
0.45-
0.60
-97 327 x/x
325-
335
340 /
notinjection
moldable
notinjection
moldable
FEP
2.15
opa
que
70 50
25-
30
325
0.55-
0.65
80 260
1.5-
22/x
255-
285
93
2 - 4
/121
1 3
PFA
2.15 75 75 50 27 300 0.7 / 305
22-
28/x
300-
305
200
–
240
Nodrying
required
4.3 5
PVDF
1.77 >94 121 90
30-
40
300-
450
0.6-
1.2
-35 171 6-24/x
170-
180
82 -
104
2/
121
0.3 0.5
Remarks: corrosion resistant tooling necessary
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High Heat Plastics Cheat-Sheet
Note: values refer to reinforced plastics
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This sheet represents typical values that are based on supplier data sheets and literature
Date: September 2018