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CA vs. Silica Aerogel

CA and silica aerogel belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. CA is a polymeric material, while silica aerogel is ceramic. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 6 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 CA and the bottom bar is silica aerogel.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 1.3
0.1
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.4 to 7.9
0.044
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 19
1.4
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 30 to 37
0.016
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.25
0.016
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
2.0