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Zircon vs. Tungsten Carbide

Zircon belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while tungsten carbide belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 zircon and the bottom bar is tungsten carbide.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 3.9
15
Flexural Strength, MPa 450
1830
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1650
1000
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
6.6
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
7.5
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 290
350
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 3.5
85
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 5.0
5.4