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Cadmium Telluride vs. Cork

Cadmium telluride and cork belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Cadmium telluride 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 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 cadmium telluride and the bottom bar is cork.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 5.9
0.15
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 45
0.020
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 210
2000
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.3
0.074
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
60
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 5.0
0.040
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
0.13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 5.9
200