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Tungsten Carbide vs. Granite

Tungsten carbide belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while granite belongs to the natural stone. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 granite.

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Mechanical Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 4780
2200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 630
70
Flexural Strength, MPa 1830
24
Poisson's Ratio 0.24
0.25
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350
39

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 280
840
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 85
2.7
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 5.4
7.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 15
2.9

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 24
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
48
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 6.6
3.8
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 7.5
9.0
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 21
1.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 7.2
5.4