CA vs. Lithium Fluoride
CA and lithium fluoride belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. CA is a polymeric material, while lithium fluoride is ceramic. 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 (26, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CA and the bottom bar is lithium fluoride.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.3 | |
| 2.6 |
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 3.6 | |
| 9.0 |
| Refractive Index | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1500 | |
| 1560 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.25 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.13 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 32 |