Aluminum Nitride vs. Silver Chloride
Aluminum nitride belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while silver chloride belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is aluminum nitride and the bottom bar is silver chloride.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 to 3.3 | |
| 5.6 |
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 6.9 to 28 | |
| 12 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 330 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.21 to 0.31 | |
| 0.4 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 780 | |
| 360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 63 | |
| 2.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 69 to 80 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 80 to 190 | |
| 1.2 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 31 to 74 | |
| 0.57 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 4.2 to 5.4 | |
| 31 |