Aluminum Nitride vs. Titanium Diboride
Both aluminum nitride and titanium diboride are non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is aluminum nitride and the bottom bar is titanium diboride.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 2100 | |
| 3540 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 330 | |
| 290 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 190 to 400 | |
| 380 |
| Fracture Toughness, MPa-m1/2 | 2.9 | |
| 6.5 |
| Knoop Hardness | 1160 | |
| 2800 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.21 to 0.31 | |
| 0.11 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1380 | |
| 1270 |
| Maximum Thermal Shock, °C | 220 | |
| 110 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 780 | |
| 870 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 80 to 190 | |
| 58 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 4.2 to 5.4 | |
| 8.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 to 12 | |
| -6.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 to 3.3 | |
| 4.5 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 63 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 69 to 80 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 31 to 74 | |
| 15 |