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Barium Fluoride vs. Engineering Porcelain

Barium fluoride belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics classification, while engineering porcelain belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 11 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 barium fluoride and the bottom bar is engineering porcelain.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 60
67 to 150
Knoop Hardness 80
600
Poisson's Ratio 0.32
0.17
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
34

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
600 to 1000
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 9.0
1.8 to 6.5
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
2.0 to 6.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 4.9
2.3 to 3.0

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.8
16 to 29
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 27
49 to 65
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
0.73 to 3.9