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PEEK vs. Ceria

PEEK and ceria belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. PEEK is a polymeric material, while ceria 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 (19, 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 PEEK and the bottom bar is ceria.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 120 to 300
590
Density, g/cm3 1.3 to 1.5
7.6
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 4.0 to 24
180
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m 3.0 to 14
4.0
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 330
1900
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 340
2340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1390 to 1700
390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.5 to 10
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 73
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15 to 52
11