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Marble vs. Thallium Bromoiodide

Marble belongs to the natural stone classification, while thallium bromoiodide belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 marble and the bottom bar is thallium bromoiodide.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.4
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 54
31
Poisson's Ratio 0.2
0.37
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
12
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 11
2.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
14
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 3.1
0.55
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 1.3
0.5
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
6.0