Synthetic Sapphire vs. SiAlON
Synthetic sapphire belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while SiAlON belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is synthetic sapphire and the bottom bar is SiAlON.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 2700 | |
| 2620 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 450 | |
| 290 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 1090 | |
| 680 |
| Fracture Toughness, MPa-m1/2 | 1.9 | |
| 6.3 |
| Knoop Hardness | 1860 | |
| 1700 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.23 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 2470 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 2000 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 760 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.3 | |
| 3.6 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 10 | |
| 9.3 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 9.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 17 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.0 | |
| 3.3 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 63 | |
| 50 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 64 | |
| 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 170 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 100 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.9 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 74 | |
| 13 |