Table 1.

Typical properties of commercial fluorinated polymers.

	Perfluorinated			Partially fluorinated
	PTFE	FEP	PFA	PCTFE	ETFE	PVF	PVDF
Monomer unit	TFE	TFE + HFP	TFE + PPVE	CTFE	Ethylene + TFE	VF	VDF
Density (g·cm−3)	2.16	2.15	2.15	2.10	1.70	1.40	1.75
Melting point (°C)	327	260	310	210	270	190	170
Continuous-use temperature (°C)	260	200	260	150	150	107	150
Tensile strength (MPa)	20–35	20–30	25–35	34–41	38–48	50–110	30–70
Refractive index	1.35	1.34	1.34	1.44	1.40	1.46	1.42
Dielectric constant at 1 MHz	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.6	2.5	8.5–11.0	8.4
Examples of typical applications	Membranes, wire and cable insulation, chemical resistant components	Chemical resistant components, cable insulation	Chemical resistant components, cable insulation	Packaging, barrier, sealing films	Moulded component, wire and cable insulation	Packaging, protecting films, solar panels	Sensors, actuators, wire and cable insulation
References	[16,17,18,19]	[20,21,22,23]	[23,24,25,26]	[27,28,29]	[30,31,32,33]	[34,35,36,37]	[13,38,39,40]