Yttria vs. Zirconia
Both yttria and zirconia are oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is yttria and the bottom bar is zirconia.
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Material Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 390 | |
| 1260 to 3080 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 5.7 to 6.0 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 2000 | |
| 500 to 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 400 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 32 | |
| 33 to 34 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 0.3 | |
| 2.2 to 4.3 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.14 | |
| 0.73 to 1.8 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.0 | |
| 8.8 to 9.5 |