Articles
Each article answers one question from the sourced values in our material profiles. Charts come with their data tables.
- Stainless steel for seawater: 316, 2205 or 2507?Material selection · 6 materials
- Which aluminium alloy to choose: 6061, 7075, 5052, 5083 and moreMaterial selection · 10 materials
- Which materials survive atomic oxygen in low Earth orbit?Space · 36 materials
- Best materials for heat sinks: copper, aluminium or AlN?Material selection · 18 materials
- Brass vs bronze vs copper: strength, conductivity, corrosionMaterial selection · 5 materials
- Which insulator for circuit boards and electronics?Material selection · 15 materials
- Tungsten and tantalum compared with lead, gold and other metalsMaterial selection · 9 materials
- How do you read a hardness number? Brinell, Rockwell, VickersRead the data · 51 materials
- Which plastic survives heat? Tg, HDT and service temperatureRead the data · 16 materials
- Inconel 625 vs 718 vs Hastelloy C-276 vs Monel 400: which to use?Material selection · 7 materials
- LFP vs NMC vs LCO: which lithium-ion cathode to pick?Material selection · 6 materials
- Which materials barely change size when temperature changes?Read the data · 20 materials
- Melting points of common metals and alloys comparedRead the data · 27 materials
- Properties of metals compared: density, melting point, stiffnessRead the data · 23 materials
- PTFE vs PFA vs FEP vs PVDF: which fluoropolymer to pickMaterial selection · 9 materials
- How stiff are engineering materials? Modulus from plastic to tungstenRead the data · 20 materials
- Stress corrosion cracking: which materials, and how to avoid itWhy it fails · 12 materials
- Strongest lightweight metals: titanium, aluminium, steel, magnesiumMaterial selection · 13 materials
- Which technical ceramic: alumina, SiC, Si3N4, AlN or zirconia?Material selection · 7 materials
- Which metals conduct heat best, and which worst?Read the data · 28 materials
- Which titanium grade: grade 2, 9, 23 (ELI) or Ti-6Al-4V?Material selection · 6 materials
- Which tool steel: D2, H13, P20, 1.2316 or 1.2738?Material selection · 7 materials
- Which carbon or alloy steel should you choose?Material selection · 11 materials
- Which engineering plastic should you choose?Material selection · 13 materials
- Which stainless steel to choose: 17 grades compared on the dataMaterial selection · 17 materials
- Yield strength vs tensile strength: how big is the gap?Read the data · 21 materials