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Cadmium Telluride vs. Potassium Chloride

Both cadmium telluride and potassium chloride are non-glass optical ceramics. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 potassium chloride.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 45
28
Poisson's Ratio 0.41
0.18

Thermal Properties

Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1090
780
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 210
690
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 5.0
6.5
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 5.9
36

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 5.9
2.0
Light Transmission Range, µm 1.0 to 25
0.21 to 20
Refractive Index 2.6
1.6

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.3
7.7
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
51
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.7