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Thallium Bromoiodide vs. SiAlON

Thallium bromoiodide belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics classification, while SiAlON belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, 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 thallium bromoiodide and the bottom bar is SiAlON.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.4
3.3
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 31
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.37
0.23
Shear Modulus, GPa 12
120
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 150
880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 2.3
50
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 14
67
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.55
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.5
6.4
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 6.0
3.6