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6061 Aluminum vs. Ceria

6061 aluminum and ceria belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. 6061 aluminum is a metal, while ceria is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (25, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 6061 aluminum and the bottom bar is ceria.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.6
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
1900
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 580
2340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 24
11