Yttria vs. Ceria
Both yttria and ceria are oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 9 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 yttria and the bottom bar is ceria.
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Material Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 390 | |
| 590 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 7.6 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 180 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 2000 | |
| 1900 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 2440 | |
| 2340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.0 | |
| 11 |