SiAlON vs. Titanium Diboride
Both SiAlON and titanium diboride are non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SiAlON and the bottom bar is titanium diboride.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 2620 | |
| 3540 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 680 | |
| 380 |
| Fracture Toughness, MPa-m1/2 | 6.3 | |
| 6.5 |
| Knoop Hardness | 1700 | |
| 2800 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.23 | |
| 0.11 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 190 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1200 | |
| 1270 |
| Maximum Thermal Shock, °C | 300 | |
| 110 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 880 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 19 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 3.6 | |
| 8.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 14 | |
| -6.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.3 | |
| 4.5 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 50 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 67 | |
| 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 8.7 |