Plastic Container Properties

	PET	HDPE	PVC	LDPE	PP
Transparency	Clear	Translucent	Translucent	Translucent	Translucent
Maximum Usable Temp	140 F	248 F	158 F	176 F	275 F
Minimum Usable Temp	14 F	-148 F	-22 F	-148 F	32 F
Moisture Barrier	Good	Excellent	Fair	Good	Excellent
Sunlight Barrier	Good	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair
Oxygen Barrier	Good	Poor	Good	Poor	Poor
Tensile Strength, PSI	8000	4000	5000	2000	5000
Flexibility	Semi	Semi	Rigid	Flexible	Rigid
Resistance to Impact	Excellent	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Good

	PS	PETG	PTFE	PMP	PFA
Transparency	Clear	Clear	Opaque	Clear	Transparent
Maximum Useable Temp	158 F	140 F	500 F	356 F	482 F
Minimum Usable Temp	71.6 F	-40 F	-328 F	-32 F	-454 F
Moisture Barrier	Fair	Fair to Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Sunlight Barrier	Fair	Good	Excellent	Poor	Excellent
Oxygen Barrier	Fair	Good	Excellent	Fair	Excellent
Tensile Strength, PSI	6000	4,000	6,240	4,000	4,000-4,500
Flexibility	Rigid	Rigid	Rigid	Rigid	Semi
Resistance to Impact	Fair	Fair to Good	Good to Excellent	Fair to Good	Excellents

	Acrylic	ABS	Nylon	Polycarbonate
Transparency	Clear	Translucent	Translucent	Transparent
Maximum Useable Temp	194 F	176 F	210 F	250 F
Minimum Usable Temp	-76 F	-4 F	-94 F	-40 F
Moisture Barrier	Good	Good	Poor	Good
Sunlight Barrier	Good	Poor	Good	Fair
Oxygen Barrier	Good	Fair	Good	Fair
Tensile Strength, PSI	7,000	4,300	5,800	10,000
Flexibility	Rigid	Rigid	Rigid	Rigid
Resistance to Impact	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent