Magnesium Titanate vs. Alumina
Both magnesium titanate and alumina are oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is magnesium titanate and the bottom bar is alumina.
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Mechanical Properties
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 80 | |
| 260 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 950 | |
| 870 to 940 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 3.8 | |
| 14 to 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.0 | |
| 6.7 to 8.2 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 26 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 9.1 | |
| 8.9 to 12 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0017 | |
| 0.00031 to 0.0011 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0013 | |
| 0.00049 to 0.0013 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 9.0 | |
| 6.2 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.5 | |
| 3.4 to 4.1 |
Common Calculations
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 1.1 | |
| 3.7 to 10 |