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Grade 350 Maraging Steel vs. Cadmium Telluride

Grade 350 maraging steel and cadmium telluride belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Grade 350 maraging steel is a metal, while cadmium telluride is a ceramic material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (23, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 350 maraging steel and the bottom bar is cadmium telluride.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 8.2
5.9
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
45
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1090
Poisson's Ratio 0.3
0.41
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
4.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
20
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
5.9