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Marble vs. Ceria

Marble belongs to the natural stone classification, while ceria belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 marble and the bottom bar is ceria.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 540
590
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.6
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 54
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 250
1900
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 870
390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 11
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 47
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
11