Marble vs. Engineering Porcelain
Marble belongs to the natural stone classification, while engineering porcelain belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is marble and the bottom bar is engineering porcelain.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 540 | |
| 590 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 54 | |
| 67 to 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.2 | |
| 0.17 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 34 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 9.0 | |
| 130 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 250 | |
| 1170 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 870 | |
| 600 to 1000 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 3.1 | |
| 1.8 to 6.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 2.0 to 6.6 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 8.5 | |
| 11 to 25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.3 to 3.0 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 11 | |
| 16 to 29 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 47 | |
| 49 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 0.93 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 3.6 | |
| 19 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 1.3 | |
| 0.73 to 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 0.57 | |
| 11 to 53 |