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Hafnia vs. Optical Silicon

Hafnia belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while optical silicon belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, 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 hafnia and the bottom bar is optical silicon.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 9.7
2.3
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 57
150
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 2800
1350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 2900
1560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 120
700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 3.3
35
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 13
75
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 1.1
150
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.95
93
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 6.0
3.0