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Optical Silicon vs. Ceria

Optical silicon belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics classification, while ceria belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, 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 optical silicon and the bottom bar is ceria.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 120
590
Density, g/cm3 2.3
7.6
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 150
180
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1350
1900
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1560
2340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 700
390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 35
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 75
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 3.0
11