Ceria vs. ZA-12
Ceria and ZA-12 belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Ceria 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 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (28, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ceria and the bottom bar is ZA-12.
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Material Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 590 | |
| 230 to 270 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 6.0 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 180 | |
| 83 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1900 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 2340 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 24 |