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Boron Carbide vs. Silver Bromide

Boron carbide belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while silver bromide belongs to the non-glass optical 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. 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 boron carbide and the bottom bar is silver bromide.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.1 to 2.7
6.5
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz 6.4
13
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 240 to 460
32
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 950
290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 63 to 100
2.7
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 91 to 100
16
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 31 to 90
1.2
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 16 to 38
0.64
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 4.5 to 5.6
30