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Beryllia vs. Hafnia

Both beryllia and hafnia are oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 10 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 beryllia and the bottom bar is hafnia.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.9
9.7
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 350
57
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m 13
9.0
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1750
2800
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 1050
120
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 67
3.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 82
13
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 270
1.1
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 89
0.95
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.0
6.0