Synthetic Sapphire vs. Zircon
Both synthetic sapphire and zircon are oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is synthetic sapphire and the bottom bar is zircon.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 4.0 | |
| 3.9 |
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 10 | |
| 8.8 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 9.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 1090 | |
| 450 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 2000 | |
| 1650 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 170 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 100 | |
| 25 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 2470 | |
| 290 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.3 | |
| 5.0 |