Cadmium Telluride vs. ZA-12
Cadmium telluride and ZA-12 belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Cadmium telluride is a ceramic material, while ZA-12 is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (27, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is cadmium telluride and the bottom bar is ZA-12.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 83 |
| Knoop Hardness | 45 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.26 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 210 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 5.0 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.9 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.9 | |
| 6.0 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 43 |