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Cork vs. Grade A Lava

Cork and grade A lava belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Cork is a polymeric material, while grade A lava is ceramic. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 grade A lava.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 1.0
76 to 170
Density, g/cm3 0.15
2.3 to 2.5
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm 1.5
3.2 to 3.9
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 2000
840
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 1.6
0.77 to 2.5
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 13
3.2 to 7.3
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 0.85
6.9 to 21
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.040
2.0
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.13
1.0
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 200
2.5 to 3.3