Ceria vs. Monel 400
Ceria and Monel 400 belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Ceria is a ceramic material, while Monel 400 is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (26, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ceria and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 160 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1900 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 2340 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 430 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |