Last updated: Aug 6, 2002 NU
Material Properties


Material DensityYoung's
Modulus		Shear
Modulus		Bulk
Modulus		sqrt(Y/ρ)Poisson
ratio		structure
ρY or EG or μB or Kν
(g/cm3) (GPa)(GPa)(GPa) (m/s)
Aluminum 2.7 [3] 73
71 [3]		 24 [3] 75 [3] 52000.33 [3]fcc
Acrylic 1.17-1.20 3.2 1650
Acrylic Plexiglass MI-71.18 3.08 [16] 16500.40 [16] CL=2610 m/s
Brass 8.4
8.5 [3]		 130
104 [3]		 38 [3] 136 [3] 39300.37 [3]
Celluloid
Cellulose nitrate		 1.4 1.3-1.5 [18]
Cellulose acetate 1.22-1.34 1.5-2.2 --
Copper 8.93 122 [3] 44 [3] 160 [3] 0.31
0.35 [3] 		fcc
Diamond 3.516 0.1-0.29 diam.
GaP 4.138 [14]
Glass 2.60 46.2 4220
Glass (Pyrex) 2.30 [3] 62 [3]25 [3] 39 [3] -0.24 [3]
Gold 19.28 0.42fcc
InAs5.68 http://www.ioffe.rssi.ru cubic ZnS [2 p.31]
Iron 7.87 0.291 bcc
Iron (cast) 7.70 [3] 105 [3] 44 [3] 86 [3] 0.28 [3]
Lead 11.34 16.5 [3] 5.5 [3] 42 [3] 0.42
0.44 [3]		fcc
LDPE 0.38
LiCl 2.07 [13]
Lucite 1.200 [3] 4 [3] 1.4 [3] 6.5 [3] 0.4 [3]
NaCl 2.1635 [11]
nylon (polyamide) 1.1 1.8 --
nylon 6 1.1 3.0 1650 0.35
0.39 [16]		CL=2600 m/s
CS=1100 m/s
polystyrene 1.04 -1.09 1.5-3.5
2.3-3.3 [18]		 -- 0.33
polystyrene, impact 1.1-2.6 [18] 0.33-0.37
polyvinyl butyral 1.11 2.60 [16] 2.0 [19] 0.37 [16]
0.45 [19]		CL=2350 m/s
rubber (nat. vulc.) 0.95 0.00276 54
rubber (hard) 11.0 [3] 2.3 [3]1.0 [3] 5.0 [3] 0.4 [3]
rubber (soft) 9.5 [3] 0.0005 [3]- - - 1.0 [3] 0.5 [3]
Silicon2.33 [2]150 ** [6]0.17 ** [6]diam.
( for silicon vl = 8.5×103m/s vt = 5.9×103m/s [5] )
Silver 10.50 78 28 105 0.37fcc
Steel 7.8 210
195 [3]		 83 [3] 170 [3] 51900.29
Teflon 0.46
Y2O3
For Y2O3 vlong = 6.7×103 m/s vtrans = 4.3×103 m/s [7]


** Silicon is a cubic crystal, and not isotropic. This is for the [100] direction

References:

[1] http://www.matweb.com
[2] C. Kittel "Introduction to Solid State Physics", Wiley 1971 Table 4 page 38 (structures, densities)
[3] Kinsler, Frey, Coppens, Sanders, "Fundamentals of Acoustics" Wiley 3rd Ed. 1982 Appendix 10, page 461.
[4] http://www.efunda.com
[5] Kelly Patton and Michael Geller 2001 "Phonon Spectrum in a Nanoparticle mechanically coupled to a substrate" Journal of Luminescence 94-95 (2001) 747-570 pdf ::
[6] properties of silicon
[7] Daniel T. Simon and M. Geller "Electron Phonon Dynamics in an Ensemble of Nearly Isolated Nanoparticles" (Preprint June 8, 2002) To appear in Phys. Rev. B volume 64 PRB preprint
[8] http://www.ioffe.rssi.ru
[9] http://www.ioffe.rssi.ru/SVA/NSM/Semicond/GaSb/
[10] http://www.webelements.com/webelements/compounds/text/Mg/Mg1O1-1309484.html
[11] http://www.chem.ucalgary.ca/undergrad/courses/p02/chem331/asignment1(01).html
[12] http://www.webelements.com/webelements/compounds/text/Na/Cl1Na1-7647145.html
[13] http://www.webelements.com/webelements/compounds/text/Li/Cl1Li1-7447418.html
[14] http://www.ioffe.ru/SVA/NSM/Semicond/GaP/mechanic.html#Elastic
[15] http://chemistry.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fkasap3.usask.ca%2FSERVER%2Fkasap%2FTables%2FElements.html
[16] Acoustic Properties of Plastics http://www.ultrasonic.com
[17] http://www.maropolymeronline.com/Properties/Polyvinylbutyral.asp
[18] http://www.maropolymeronline.com/Properties/modulus_values.asp
[19] http://www.internationalglassreview.com/glass/2001/issuetwo/78.pdf
[20] http://www.oup-usa.org/pdh/PDH-935.PDF polyvinyl butyral
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