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Ceria vs. Limestone

Ceria belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while limestone belongs to the natural stone. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 limestone.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 590
700
Density, g/cm3 7.6
2.6
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
77
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1900
360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
16
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
55
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
8.0