Steatite vs. Limestone
Steatite belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while limestone belongs to the natural stone. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is steatite and the bottom bar is limestone.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 540 to 620 | |
| 700 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 to 120 | |
| 77 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.23 | |
| 0.25 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 60 to 220 | |
| 100 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 to 1230 | |
| 360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 850 to 860 | |
| 920 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| 2.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 8.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 7.9 to 16 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.9 to 2.8 | |
| 2.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 32 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 83 | |
| 55 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.4 to 32 | |
| 11 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 42 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.79 to 1.1 | |
| 0.88 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.1 to 33 | |
| 12 |