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Cork vs. Alpha Quartz

Cork and alpha quartz belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Cork is a polymeric material, while alpha quartz is ceramic. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 cork and the bottom bar is alpha quartz.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.15
2.7
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 0.020
91
Shear Modulus, GPa 0.010
31
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 2000
720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 0.074
19
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 60
57
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.040
8.5
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.13
4.4
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 200
9.5