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Ceria vs. Boron Carbide

Ceria belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while boron carbide belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 ceria and the bottom bar is boron carbide.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 590
1710 to 2200
Density, g/cm3 7.6
2.1 to 2.7
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
240 to 460
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m 4.0
0 to 11
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1900
1000 to 2500
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
950
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
63 to 100
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
91 to 100
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
4.5 to 5.6