2024 Aluminum vs. Zircon
2024 aluminum and zircon belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. 2024 aluminum is a metal, while zircon is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 7 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (27, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is 2024 aluminum and the bottom bar is zircon.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 3.9 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 200 | |
| 1650 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 50 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 49 | |
| 25 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 200 to 540 | |
| 290 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 120 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 5.0 |