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by kragen 1185 days ago
https://www.matweb.com/search/DataSheet.aspx?MatGUID=ebd6d2c... says lead's modulus of elasticity is 14 gigapascals and https://www.matweb.com/search/datasheet.aspx?MatGUID=cb9580a... lists one variety of petg as having a modulus of elasticity of 2.2 gigapascals; i think you are confusing your material properties with one another

(at such low filler loadings the tungsten will change the modulus of elasticity very little)

petg does have higher yield stress than pure lead (53 megapascals vs. what https://nickelinstitute.org/media/1771/propertiesofsomemetal... says is 17 megapascals) but there are lead alloys that are in the same range of yield stress, including regular lead-tin solder. but they won't last if you try to make change gears out of them precisely because they're harder than petg

by the same token, though, i think you're going to get a lot of springback and long-term distortion out of petg you aren't going to get with lead