Aluminum Titanate vs. SiAlON
Aluminum titanate belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while SiAlON belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 9 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 titanate and the bottom bar is SiAlON.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.2 | |
| 3.3 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 13 | |
| 290 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 29 | |
| 680 |
| Fracture Toughness, MPa-m1/2 | 1.0 | |
| 6.3 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1250 | |
| 1200 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.2 | |
| 50 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 67 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.6 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 2.9 | |
| 3.6 |