2024 Aluminum vs. Alpha Quartz
2024 aluminum and alpha quartz belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. 2024 aluminum is a metal, while alpha quartz is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (23, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 2024 aluminum and the bottom bar is alpha quartz.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 91 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.13 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 31 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 500 | |
| 1590 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 720 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 8.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 2.7 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 46 | |
| 57 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 46 | |
| 4.4 |