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Aluminum Nitride vs. LCP

Aluminum nitride and LCP belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Aluminum nitride is a ceramic material, while LCP is polymeric. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 6 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (23, 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 aluminum nitride and the bottom bar is LCP.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.9 to 3.3
1.4 to 1.6
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 330
11 to 24
Flexural Strength, MPa 190 to 400
160 to 320
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 780
1020 to 1200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 55 to 63
4.4 to 8.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 69 to 80
51 to 65