Mullite vs. SiAlON
Mullite belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while SiAlON belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is mullite and the bottom bar is SiAlON.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 800 | |
| 2620 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 to 170 | |
| 290 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 130 to 160 | |
| 680 |
| Fracture Toughness, MPa-m1/2 | 2.0 | |
| 6.3 |
| Knoop Hardness | 750 | |
| 1700 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.25 | |
| 0.23 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1680 | |
| 1200 |
| Maximum Thermal Shock, °C | 170 to 230 | |
| 300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 950 | |
| 880 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 3.5 to 11 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.8 | |
| 3.6 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 6.3 | |
| 9.3 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 16 to 17 | |
| 8.3 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 to 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 to 3.0 | |
| 3.3 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 50 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 58 to 62 | |
| 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 1.4 to 3.7 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 13 |