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Appendix B / Properties of Selected Engineering Materials • 813

Table B.4 (Continued)

Yield Tensile

Strength Strength Percent

Material/Condition (MPa[ksi]) (MPa[ksi]) Elongation

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) 53.8–73.1 (7.8–10.6) 48.3–72.4 (7.0–10.5) 2.0–5.5

Polypropylene (PP) 31.0–37.2 (4.5–5.4) 31.0–41.4 (4.5–6.0) 100–600

Polystyrene (PS) 25.0–69.0 (3.63–10.0) 35.9–51.7 (5.2–7.5) 1.2–2.5

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) 13.8–15.2 (2.0–2.2) 20.7–34.5 (3.0–5.0) 200–400

Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) 40.7–44.8 (5.9–6.5) 40.7–51.7 (5.9–7.5) 40–80

FIBER MATERIALS

Aramid (Kevlar 49) — 3600–4100 (525–600) 2.8

Carbon (PAN precursor)

• Standard modulus (longitudinal) — 3800–4200 (550–610) 2


• Intermediate modulus (longitudinal) — 4650–6350 (675–920) 1.8


• High modulus (longitudinal) — 2500–4500 (360–650) 0.6
  E-glass — 3450 (500) 4.3
  COMPOSITE MATERIALS
  Aramid fibers-epoxy matrix (aligned,Vf=0.6)


• Longitudinal direction — 1380 (200) 1.8


• Transverse direction — 30 (4.3) 0.5
  High modulus carbon fibers-epoxy matrix (aligned,Vf=0.6)


• Longitudinal direction — 760 (110) 0.3


• Transverse direction — 28 (4) 0.4
  E-glass fibers-epoxy matrix (aligned,Vf=0.6)


• Longitudinal direction — 1020 (150) 2.3


• Transverse direction — 40 (5.8) 0.4
  Wood


• Douglas fir (12% moisture)
  Parallel to grain — 108 (15.6) —
  Perpendicular to grain — 2.4 (0.35) —


• Red oak (12% moisture)
  Parallel to grain — 112 (16.3) —
  Perpendicular to grain — 7.2 (1.05) —
  aThe strength of graphite, ceramics, and semiconducting materials is taken as flexural strength.
  bThe strength of concrete is measured in compression.
  cFlexural strength value at 50% fracture probability.
  Sources:ASM Handbooks,Volumes 1 and 2, Engineered Materials Handbooks,Volumes 1 and 4, Metals Handbook:
  Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Pure Metals,Vol. 2, 9th edition,Advanced Materials & Processes,
  Vol. 146, No. 4, andMaterials & Processing Databook (1985), ASM International, Materials Park, OH;Modern
  Plastics Encyclopedia ’96,The McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, NY; R. F. Floral and S. T. Peters, “Composite
  Structures and Technologies,” tutorial notes, 1989; and manufacturers’ technical data sheets.