CA vs. Boron Carbide
CA and boron carbide belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. CA is a polymeric material, while boron carbide is ceramic. 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 CA and the bottom bar is boron carbide.
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Mechanical Properties
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 40 to 55 | |
| 170 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 30 to 37 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1500 | |
| 950 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.25 | |
| 31 to 90 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 4.5 to 5.6 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 3.6 | |
| 6.4 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 16 | |
| 0 to 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.3 | |
| 2.1 to 2.7 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.4 to 7.9 | |
| 37 to 47 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 42 to 53 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.13 | |
| 16 to 38 |