Tungsten Carbide vs. Ceria
Tungsten carbide belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while ceria belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is tungsten carbide and the bottom bar is ceria.
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Material Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 4780 | |
| 590 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 15 | |
| 7.6 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 630 | |
| 180 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 0.75 | |
| 4.0 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 1900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 5.4 | |
| 11 |