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Silicon Carbide vs. Silver Bromide

Silicon carbide belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while silver bromide belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, 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 silicon carbide and the bottom bar is silver bromide.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 3.0 to 3.2
6.5
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 370 to 490
32
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 670 to 1180
290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 69 to 84
2.7
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 79 to 82
16
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 120 to 170
1.2
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 38 to 79
0.64
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 4.0 to 4.5
30