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Yttria vs. Cordierite

Both yttria and cordierite are oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 yttria and the bottom bar is cordierite.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 390
420
Density, g/cm3 5.0
2.0 to 2.2
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
62
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 2000
1150
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
800 to 850
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15 to 17
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 32
59 to 67
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.3
1.3 to 1.7
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.14
0.74 to 1.0
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.0
2.9 to 4.8