Aluminum Nitride vs. Cesium Bromide
Aluminum nitride belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while cesium bromide belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is aluminum nitride and the bottom bar is cesium bromide.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 to 3.3 | |
| 4.4 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 330 | |
| 16 |
| Knoop Hardness | 1160 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.21 to 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 780 | |
| 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 63 | |
| 2.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 69 to 80 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 80 to 190 | |
| 0.9 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 31 to 74 | |
| 0.76 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 4.2 to 5.4 | |
| 48 |