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Ceria vs. Optical Silicon

Ceria belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while optical silicon belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, 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 optical silicon.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 590
120
Density, g/cm3 7.6
2.3
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 180
150
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1900
1350
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 2340
1560
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 390
700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
35
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
75
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
3.0