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Tungsten Carbide vs. Forsterite

Tungsten carbide belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while forsterite belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 6 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 tungsten carbide and the bottom bar is forsterite.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 15
2.1 to 3.1
Flexural Strength, MPa 1830
40 to 160
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 280
850
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 85
1.7 to 3.5
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 21
0.94 to 1.3
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 5.4
9.0 to 10