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Ceria vs. Fused Silica

Ceria belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while fused silica belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, 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 ceria and the bottom bar is fused silica.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 590
1100
Density, g/cm3 7.6
2.2
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
73
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m 4.0
14
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1900
1080
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 2340
1900
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
18
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
63
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
0.5