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Cadmium Telluride vs. PVC-P

Cadmium telluride and PVC-P belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Cadmium telluride is a ceramic material, while PVC-P is polymeric. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, 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 PVC-P.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 5.9
1.4
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 45
1.4
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1090
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.41
0.39
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 210
1400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.3
0.57
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
28
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 5.0
0.17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
0.090
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 5.9
160