Engineering Porcelain vs. Silver Chloride
Engineering porcelain belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while silver chloride belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (19, 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 engineering porcelain and the bottom bar is silver chloride.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 67 to 150 | |
20 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.17 | |
0.4 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 34 | |
7.0 |
Thermal Properties
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 600 to 1000 | |
360 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.8 to 6.5 | |
1.2 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 2.0 to 6.6 | |
31 |
Electrical Properties
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 6.5 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 2.3 to 3.0 | |
5.6 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 29 | |
2.0 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 49 to 65 | |
16 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.73 to 3.9 | |
0.57 |