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Gallium Arsenide vs. PEEK

Gallium arsenide and PEEK belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Gallium arsenide is a ceramic material, while PEEK is polymeric. 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 (24, 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 gallium arsenide and the bottom bar is PEEK.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 5.3
1.3 to 1.5
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 85
4.0 to 24
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 360
1390 to 1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 8.9
1.5 to 10
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 28
36 to 73
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 47
0.25 to 0.93
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 25
0.1 to 0.51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 5.6
15 to 52