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PES vs. Yttria

PES and yttria belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. PES is a polymeric material, while yttria 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 (25, 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 PES and the bottom bar is yttria.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 1.4
5.0
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 2.6
120
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
2000
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1100
440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.1
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 33
32
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.18
0.3
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.12
0.14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 53
8.0