Mullite vs. Alumina
Both mullite and alumina are oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is mullite and the bottom bar is alumina.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 800 | |
| 1920 to 2750 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 to 170 | |
| 220 to 370 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 130 to 160 | |
| 260 to 430 |
| Fracture Toughness, MPa-m1/2 | 2.0 | |
| 3.7 to 7.2 |
| Knoop Hardness | 750 | |
| 960 to 1660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.22 to 0.24 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 210 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1680 | |
| 650 to 1730 |
| Maximum Thermal Shock, °C | 170 to 230 | |
| 200 to 300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 950 | |
| 870 to 940 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 3.5 to 11 | |
| 14 to 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.8 | |
| 6.7 to 8.2 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 8.0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 6.3 | |
| 7.8 to 11 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 16 to 17 | |
| 8.9 to 12 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0025 | |
| 0.00049 to 0.0013 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 to 11 | |
| 6.2 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 to 3.0 | |
| 3.4 to 4.1 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 35 to 53 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 58 to 62 | |
| 57 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 14 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 1.4 to 3.7 | |
| 3.7 to 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 4.9 to 14 |