Steatite vs. Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Steatite belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while hexagonal boron nitride belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is steatite and the bottom bar is hexagonal boron nitride.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 540 to 620 | |
| 21 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 to 120 | |
| 14 to 60 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 32 to 150 | |
| 18 to 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.23 | |
| 0.11 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 to 1230 | |
| 1030 to 2350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 850 to 860 | |
| 840 to 1610 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| 29 to 96 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0.54 to 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 5.7 to 6.5 | |
| 4.0 to 4.4 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 7.9 to 16 | |
| 61 to 200 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0014 to 0.022 | |
| 0.0017 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0010 to 0.0060 | |
| 0.00075 to 0.0018 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.9 to 2.8 | |
| 1.9 to 2.1 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 32 | |
| 4.1 to 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 83 | |
| 42 to 69 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.79 to 1.1 | |
| 9.9 to 34 |