Magnesium Titanate vs. Steatite
Both magnesium titanate and steatite are oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is magnesium titanate and the bottom bar is steatite.
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Mechanical Properties
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 80 | |
| 32 to 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 950 | |
| 850 to 860 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 3.8 | |
| 1.8 to 2.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 26 | |
| 6.0 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 9.1 | |
| 7.9 to 16 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0017 | |
| 0.0014 to 0.022 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0013 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.0060 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 9.0 | |
| 8.0 to 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.5 | |
| 1.9 to 2.8 |
Common Calculations
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 1.1 | |
| 0.79 to 1.1 |