CA vs. Steatite
CA and steatite belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. CA is a polymeric material, while steatite is ceramic. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (24, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is CA and the bottom bar is steatite.
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Mechanical Properties
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 40 to 55 | |
| 32 to 150 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 30 to 37 | |
| 60 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 1500 | |
| 850 to 860 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.25 | |
| 1.8 to 2.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 3.6 | |
| 5.7 to 6.5 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 15 | |
| 7.9 to 16 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 16 | |
| 8.0 to 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.3 | |
| 1.9 to 2.8 |
Common Calculations
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.4 to 7.9 | |
| 6.4 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 13 to 42 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.13 | |
| 0.79 to 1.1 |