Steatite vs. Cordierite
Both steatite and cordierite are oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is steatite and the bottom bar is cordierite.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 540 to 620 | |
| 420 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 to 120 | |
| 62 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 32 to 150 | |
| 17 to 32 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 60 to 220 | |
| 190 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 to 1230 | |
| 1150 |
| Maximum Thermal Shock, °C | 90 to 160 | |
| 290 to 390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 850 to 860 | |
| 800 to 850 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 2.9 to 4.8 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 5.7 to 6.5 | |
| 4.7 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 7.9 to 16 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.9 to 2.8 | |
| 2.0 to 2.2 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 32 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 83 | |
| 59 to 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.4 to 32 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 42 | |
| 33 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.79 to 1.1 | |
| 0.74 to 1.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.1 to 33 | |
| 47 to 78 |