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Calcium Fluoride vs. LCP

Calcium fluoride and LCP belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Calcium fluoride is a ceramic material, while LCP is polymeric. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 6 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, 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 calcium fluoride and the bottom bar is LCP.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 3.2
1.4 to 1.6
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 80
11 to 24
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
280
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 860
1020 to 1200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
4.4 to 8.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 45
51 to 65