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Impact Strength

 

Material Impact Strength Rating Comments
UHMWPE
Excellent
Virtually unbreakable
HMWPE
Excellent
Virtually unbreakable
Polyurethane
Excellent
Nylon 66SA
Excellent
Nylon 6, LFX and XAU have slightly higher impact strengths
High Perform. Mats
Various
HDPE
Very High
Polypropylene
High
Polycarbonate
Good
Approx. 250 times the strength of glass
Bakelite
Good
PVC
Good
PTFE (Virgin)
Moderate
Acetal
Moderate
PETP
Moderate
PETP TX has a much higher impact strength
Acrylic
Moderate
Approximately 7 times the strength of glass

 

Materials have been colour-coded based on their maximum continuous operation temperature in °C in air. Coding is as follows:

 

260 250 130 121 110 110 95 90 90 85 80 80 60 50

 

For more details see Min/Max Operating Temperature.

 

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