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Barium Fluoride vs. Cork

Barium fluoride and cork belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Barium fluoride is a ceramic material, while cork is polymeric. 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 (12, 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 barium fluoride and the bottom bar is cork.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 4.9
0.15
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 60
0.020
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
0.010
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
2000
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.8
0.074
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 27
60
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 9.0
0.040
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
0.13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
200