+1000 = -
Thermal conductivity
1004. on
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=
2 104
3
2
81
5
For
Metals Coramics
and glasses
Figure 4.1 A bar-chart showing thermal conductivity for families of solid. Each bar shows the range
of conductivity offered by a material. some of which are labeled.
1000
100
10
Young's modulus, E (GPa)
04
0.01 Elastomers
1
10
Density (Mg/m3)
Figure 4.2 The idea of a materials property chart: Young's modulus, E, is plotted against the density,
1p. on log scales. Each class of material oceupies a characteristic part of the chart.
The log scales allow the longitudinal elastic wave speed v= (EJ)! to be plotted as a
set of parallel contours.Table 4.1
Material families and classes
Family Classes Short name
Metals Aluminum alloys Al alloys
(the metals and alloys Copper alloys Cu alloys
of engineering) Lead alloys Lead alloys
Magnesium alloys Mg alloys
Nickel alloys Ni alloys
Carbon steels Steels
Stainless steels Stainless steels
Tin alloys Tin alloys
Titanium alloys Ti alloys
Tungsten alloys Walloys
Lead alloys Pb alloys
Zine alloys Zn alloys
Ceramics Alumina ALO;
Technical ceramics Aluminum nitride AIN
(fine ceramics capable Boron carbide B,C
of load-bearing application) _Silicon Carbide Sic
Silicon Nitride SisNq
Tungsten carbide we
Non-technical ceramics Brick Brick
(porous ceramics of Conerete Conerete
construction) Stone Stone
Glasses Soda-lime glass
Borosilicate glass
glass Silica glass
Glass ceramic Glass ceramic
Polymers Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene ABS.
(the thermoplastics and Cellulose polymers CA
thermosets of engineering) lonomers lonomers
Epoxies Epoxy
Phenolics Phenolics
Polyamides (nylons) PA
Polycarbonate PC
Polyesters Polyester
Polyetheretherkeytone PEEK
Polyethylene PE
Polyethylene terephalate PET or PETE
Polymethylmethacrylate PMMA
Polyoxymethylene (Acetal) POM
Polypropylene PP
Polystyrene Ps.
Polytetrafluorethylene PTFE
Polyvinylchloride PvcTable 4.1 (Continued)
Family Classes Short name
Elastomers Butyl rubber Butyl rubber
(engineering rubbers, EVA EVA
ratural and synthetic) Isoprene Isoprene
Natural rubber ‘Natural rubber
Polychloroprene (Neoprene) Neoprene
Polyurethane PU
Silicone elastomers Silicones
Hybrids Carbon-fiber reinforced polymers CFRP
‘Composites Glass-fiber reinforced polymers GFRP
SiC reinforced aluminum ALSIC
Foams Flexible polymer foams Flexible foams
Rigid polymer foams Rigid foams
Natural materials Cork Cork
Bamboo Bamboo
Wood Wood
oa Young's modulus - Density
1
100
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a
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402
108
104
1 10
Density, p (Mim)
Figure 4.3 Young’s modulus, E, plotted against density, p. The heavy envelopes enclose data for a
given class of material. The diagonal contours show the longitudinal wave velocity.
‘The guidelines of constant Elp, E'/p and E"/p allow selection of materials for
minimum weight, deflectionelimited, design.