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Barium Fluoride vs. LCP

Barium fluoride and LCP belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Barium fluoride 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 (17, 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 LCP.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 4.9
1.4 to 1.6
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 60
11 to 24
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
280
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
1020 to 1200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.8
4.4 to 8.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 27
51 to 65