feat(data): add PVDF, PFA, FEP fluoropolymers (#140, #141)#212
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Three melt-processable fluoropolymers for plastics.toml. PVDF (Solvay Solef PVDF homopolymer TB v2.1, Solef 6010 column): rho=1.78 g/cm^3, E=2.1 GPa, Tm=173 degC, Tg=-40 degC, T_max=150 degC, k=0.20 W/(m*K), Cp=1200 J/(kg*K), alpha=1.4e-4 /K, rho_v>=1e14 ohm*cm, V_break=22 kV/mm. Homopolymer values only — Solef Flex / Kynar Flex copolymers (Solef 11010/21510/31508/60512) report ~2-3x lower modulus and are NOT used. Piezoelectric d33 (~-30 pC/N for beta-phase) omitted: schema lacks piezo coefficient field today; tagged with TODO comment in TOML. PFA (Chemours Teflon PFA Properties Handbook, Teflon 340 column): rho=2.15, E=0.27 GPa, sigma_t=25 MPa, Tm=306 degC, T_max=260 degC, k=0.19, Cp=1172, alpha=1.4e-4 /K, rho_v>1e18, eps_r=2.1, V_break=80 kV/mm, n=1.350, transmission=93 %. FEP (Chemours Teflon FEP Properties Handbook, Teflon FEP 100 column): rho=2.14, E=0.55 GPa, sigma_t=23 MPa, Tm=260 degC, T_max=204 degC, k=0.20, Cp=1004, alpha=1.35e-4 /K, rho_v=1e17, eps_r=2.05, V_break=79 kV/mm (10-mil thin film), n=1.344. Closes #140, #141. Citations: Solvay/Syensqo Solef PVDF Typical Properties (v2.1, R 01/2014), DuPont/Chemours Teflon PFA Properties Handbook (Teflon 340/350), DuPont/Chemours Teflon FEP Properties Handbook (Teflon FEP 100/140/160). All vendor TBs cited as kind="vendor", license="proprietary-reference-only". Per-material `_sources._default` plus per-property entries for every populated value, mirroring the #138/#139 (CFRP/G-10) provenance pattern. Spot-check: >>> from pymat import pvdf, pfa, fep >>> pvdf.density, pfa.density, fep.density (1.78, 2.15, 2.14) >>> pvdf.source_of('mechanical.density').citation 'solvay_solef_pvdf_2014'
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Summary
pvdf,pfa,fep) toplastics.toml, sourced from canonical vendor technical bulletins._sources._defaultplus per-property citations mirroring the Add CFRP T700/epoxy laminate #138/Add G10 (glass-epoxy laminate) #139 (CFRP / G-10) provenance pattern._CATEGORY_BASES["plastics"]updated; lazy-load smoke-tested.Closes #140, closes #141.
Property table
¹ Solef PVDF TB does not tabulate ε_r for the homopolymer column; the widely-quoted ~7-8 at 1 MHz comes from the literature, but to stay strictly on vendor-TB primary sources, the field is left unset.
Vendor TB citations
solvay.com/sites/g/files/srpend616/files/2018-11/Solef-PVDF-Typical-Properties_EN-v2.1_0.pdfAll cited with
kind = "vendor",license = "proprietary-reference-only".Judgment calls and omitted fields
_default.note.# TODO: schema d33comment in TOML and as a Add PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) #140 follow-up.flexural_modulus_value = 620 MPaalso stored for higher-fidelity stiffness analysis. Documented in_sourcesnote.vacuum.permeation_hefield is He-specific; cross-gas permeation has no schema slot today.Test plan
python -c "import tomllib; tomllib.loads(open('src/pymat/data/plastics.toml').read())"— TOML parsespython scripts/check_licenses.py— license gate passesuv run pytest tests/test_toml_integrity.py tests/test_sources.py— 43 / 43 passeduv run pytest— 628 passed, 24 skipped (unchanged from main)uv run ruff check . && uv run ruff format --check .— cleanfrom pymat import pvdf, pfa, feploads each;.density,.properties.thermal.melting_point,.source_of(...)all return expected values