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Hafnia vs. Glass-bonded Mica

Hafnia belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while glass-bonded mica belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics. There are 10 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 hafnia and the bottom bar is glass-bonded mica.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 9.7
2.6
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 57
71
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m 9.0
10
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 2800
450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 120
500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 3.3
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 13
52
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 1.1
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.95
18
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 6.0
6.7