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Abrasion Resistance

 

Material Abrasion Resistance Rating Comments
UHMWPE
Excellent
Best of the thermoplastics
PETP
Excellent
Better than Nylon 66 but not LFX or XAU
Nylon 66SA
Excellent
LFX and XAU have even better AR.
Polyurethane
Excellent
High Perform. Mats
Various
Bakelite
Good
Acetal
Moderate
HMWPE
Moderate
PTFE (Virgin)
Poor
HDPE
Poor
Polypropylene
Poor
PVC
Poor
Acrylic
Poor
Polycarbonate
Poor
Mar-resistant grade available

 

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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