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Yttria vs. Silicon Nitride

Yttria belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while silicon nitride belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 yttria and the bottom bar is silicon nitride.

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Material Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 390
600 to 2950
Density, g/cm3 5.0
2.2 to 3.4
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 120
140 to 310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 2000
1000 to 1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
720 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
34 to 53
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 32
65 to 78
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.3
12 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.14
7.5 to 13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.0
2.5 to 3.2