Silver Chloride vs. Magnesium Fluoride
Both silver chloride and magnesium fluoride are non-glass optical ceramics.
For each property being compared, the top bar is silver chloride and the bottom bar is magnesium fluoride.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 20 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 7.0 | |
| 76 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 460 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 360 | |
| 980 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.2 | |
| 28 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 31 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 12 | |
| 5.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Light Transmission Range, µm | 0.4 to 25 | |
| 0.12 to 7.0 |
| Refractive Index | 2.0 | |
| 1.4 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.0 | |
| 22 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.57 | |
| 8.8 |