Thallium Bromoiodide vs. Silver Bromide
Both thallium bromoiodide and silver bromide are non-glass optical ceramics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is thallium bromoiodide and the bottom bar is silver bromide.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 32 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 420 | |
| 430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 290 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.55 | |
| 1.2 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.0 | |
| 30 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.4 | |
| 6.5 |
| Light Transmission Range, µm | 0.6 to 40 | |
| 0.45 to 35 |
| Refractive Index | 2.4 | |
| 2.3 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.5 | |
| 0.64 |