Properties of particle phases for metal-matrix-composite design.

Successful metallurgical design of metal-matrix-composites relies on the knowledge of the intrinsic property profiles of the metal matrix and especially the compounds employed for particles, whiskers or fibres. In this work we compiled the key properties melting point, bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young׳s modulus, density, hardness, Poisson׳s ratio and structure/space group from the widespread literature data for the most relevant compound types, i.e. borides, carbo-borides, carbides, oxides, nitrides and intermetallic phases.

Specifications Table

Value of the data

The comprehensive data collection allows straightforward comparisons of individual properties, types and groups of compounds.

Readily obtainable ratios of properties allow judging particles concerning their suitability for specific design goals (such as the material stiffness/density ratio).

Specific effects of particles on the properties of the bulk composite can be estimated, for example regarding the co-deformation of particles and matrix influenced by their crystallographic coherency, or the amount of particles required for a specific gain in stiffness.

Data

Metal-matrix-composites allow overcoming the specific limitations of metallic and ceramic materials by blending their typically mutually exclusive property profiles. Knowledge based design of the composites requires, depending on the desired property profile and application, the choice of suitable metallic matrices and particles characterized by their intrinsic properties. In the following table the intrinsic properties (melting point, bulk modulus (B), shear modulus (G), Young׳s modulus (E), density, hardness, Poisson׳s ratio and structure/space group) of different types of phases (borides, carbo-borides, carbides, oxides, nitrides and intermetallics) are compiled from literature sources. The reference for each value or range of values is listed next to it on the right. Unless specified otherwise, values were assumed to have been determined experimentally as specifications are in most cases not given in the listed references. Densities determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) are enclosed in curved brackets {}. Theoretically determined values are marked with a star *. Furthermore, the main selection criteria brittleness (expressed by the B/G ratio; B/G values below 1.75 are considered to represent ‘more brittle’ compounds [1]) and specific modulus (i.e. the E/density ratio) have been derived. If more than one value is given for E and density of a compound, i.e. several values from one reference or diverging values from different references, the E/density ratio is given as a range. In case of several values listed for B and G, the determined B/G ratio was chosen conservatively using the lowest B and highest G value, respectively (Table 1).

Table 1

														Legend:⁎theoretical value; {} XRD;
Phase	Melting point / °C	Ref.	B Bulk modulus / GPa	G Shear modulus / GPa	Ref.	B / G	E Young's modulus / GPa	Ref.	Density / g cm-3	Ref.	Specific modulus / GPa cm3g-1	Hardness / GPa	Ref.	Poisson's ratio	Ref.	Space group / structure	Ref.
Borides
AlB2	975	[2]	190⁎	95⁎	[3]	2.00	244.4⁎	[3]	{3.19}	[4]	76.6 - 90.5	23.6	[4]	0.29⁎	[3]	P6/mmm	[3]
									2.9	[5]						P6/mmm	[2]
									2.955	[6]
									2.7	[7]
BeB2	>1970	[2]	215⁎		[8]				2.32 - 2.48	[2]		31.2	[9]			P6/mmm	[2]
	~ 1700	[6]
BeB6	~ 2100	[2]							2.35 / {2.33}	[2]		25.3	[9]			P43212	[2]
	2300	[6]
CrB	1515 / 1550+-50	[4]							6.05	[4]		20.9	[4]			Cmcm	[2]
	~ 2060	[2]							6.04 / {6.11}	[2]		19.2 - 22.9	[10]
	2050	[6]							6.05 / {6.11}			11.8 - 12.7	[6], [9]
CrB2	2280	[2]	239.2⁎	139.9⁎	[3]	1.71	415.4⁎	[3]	[5.6]	[4]	34.0 - 79.6	17.7	[4]	0.26⁎	[3]	P6/mmm	[2]
	1960 / 1900 / 1850+-50	[4]					211	[4]	5.22 / {5.60}	[6]		20.3 - 22.5	[10]			hex (c-32 type)	[4]
	2200+-50	[6]					210.9	[9]	6.2	[7]		20.6	[6]
	2100	[7]					235.6	[7]			~ 38.0[7]
CrB4	1400 - 1600	[9]	265⁎	261⁎	[11]	1.02	312⁎	[12]				48.0⁎	[11]	0.12⁎	[11]
Cr3B2	1960	[4]							6.13 / 6.7	[4]						orthorhombic	[4]
	1960	[7]							6.1	[7]
ErB2			137.4⁎	119.7⁎	[3]	1.15	278.3⁎	[3]	-		41.5			0.16⁎	[3]	P6/mmm	[2]
Fe2B	1389	[13]	249.7⁎	60.2⁎	[14]	4.15	290	[13]	7.15	[13]	25.7 - 41.4	13.1+-0.5	[9]			I4/mcm	[2]
	1389	[2]	194⁎	67⁎	[14]	2.90	190⁎	[14]	~ 7.0	[2]
	~ 1390	[4]	331⁎	152.8⁎	[14]	2.17	184⁎	[14]
	1410	[9]					284.4	[9]
FeB4			253⁎	177⁎	[11]	1.43	475.71⁎	[15]				24.2⁎	[11]	0.2⁎	[15]
			264.73⁎	197.97⁎	[15]
GdB2			131.2⁎	113.5⁎	[11]	1.16	264.3⁎	[3]						0.16⁎	[3]	P6/mmm	[2]
HfB2	3100 / 3060 - 3065 / 3250 +-100	[4]	260.9⁎	233⁎	[3]	1.12	538.7⁎	[3]	11.2	[4]	45.9 - 58.5	28.4+-4.9	[9]	0.16⁎	[3]	hex (c-32 type)	[4]
	3250	[9]	215	233	[16]	0.92	514	[16]	11.19	[17]		28.0⁎	[16]	0.12	[16]	hex	[17]
	3380	[17]	265 - 288⁎	240 - 273⁎	[16]	0.97 - 1.2	554 - 614⁎	[16]	10.5 / {11.2}	[2], [6]		21.2 - 28.4	[17]	0.124 - 0.159⁎	[16]	P6/mmm	[2]
	3250	[2]					530	[17]				28.4	[6]	0.12	[17]
	3250+-100	[6]
	3250	[7]									~ 49.0[7]
LaB6	> 2100	[4]					478.6	[9]	{4.72}	[4]	100.5 - 101.5	27.2	[9]			Pm3m	[2]
	2530	[2]							4.714	[2]
									4.76 / {4.72}	[6]
LuB2			178.4⁎	173.3⁎	[3]	1.03	392.7⁎	[3]	{9.656}	[9]	40.2 - 40.7			0.13⁎	[3]	P6/mmm	[2]
									{9.76}	[6]
MgB2			151.5⁎	116.4⁎	[3]	1.30	278⁎	[3]	2.48 - 2.67 / {2.63}	[9]	105.5 - 112.1			0.19⁎	[3]
			120		[8]				2.62 / {2.633}	[2]
			151		[8]
MnB2	1988	[9]	220.1⁎	121.6⁎	[3]	1.81	318.4⁎	[3]	{5.344}	[9]	59.3 - 59.6	16.7+-0.5	[9]	0.31⁎	[3]	P6/mmm	[2]
									{5.37}	[6]
MnB4	2160	[9]	270⁎	245⁎	[11]	1.10						41.5⁎	[11]
												35.3+-1	[9]
MoB2	2100 / 2250+-50	[4]	302.5⁎	186⁎	[3]	1.63	463.1⁎	[3]	{7.78}	[6]	59.4 - 59.5	11.7 / 12.6 / 13.5	[4]	0.24⁎	[3]	hex. AlB2 structure	[4]
	2350	[9]							{7.78} / {7.8}	[4]						P6/mmm	[2]
MoB4	< ~ 1600	[2]	287⁎	239⁎	[11]	1.20			4.8 / {4.96}	[2], [6]		36.7⁎	[11]			P6/mmm	[2]
Mo2B	2000 / 2165	[4]							{9.3} / {9.31} / 9.26	[4]		16.3	[4]			CuAl2 structure; c-16 type	[4]
									9.1 / {9.31}	[6]		24.5	[6], [9]
Mo2B5	decompose to MoB2 @ 1600 - 1650	[4]					671.8	[9]	7.01 / {7.48}	[2], [4], [6]	89.8 - 95.8	23.0	[9]			rhombohedral	[4]
	< ~ 1600	[2]														R3m	[2]
NbB2	2900	[4]	286.3⁎	210.4⁎	[3]	1.36	507⁎	[3]	6.4 / 6.5 / 6.6 / 6.97 / {7.21}	[4]	70.4 - 105.8	16.7 / 25.4	[4]	0.2⁎	[3]	hex (c-32 type)	[4]
	~ 3000	[2]					637.5	[9]	6.6	[2]		25.5	[9]			P6/mmm	[2]
	3000	[6]					676.8	[7]	6.97 / {7.00}	[9]
	3000	[7]							7.2	[7]
											~ 94.0[7]
NbB4			243⁎	194⁎	[11]	1.25						30.4⁎	[11]			P4/mbm	[2]
NiB	990	[2]							7.13	[2]		15.2	[9]			Cmcm	[2]
									6.5 / {7.13}	[6]
NpB2			206.7⁎	169.8⁎	[3]	1.22	399.3⁎	[3]	-					0.19⁎	[3]
PrB6	> 2250	[2]							{4.85}	[4]		24.2	[9]
									4.53 / {4.84}	[2]						Pm3m	[2]
PuB2	1825	[9]	207.4⁎	174.1⁎	[3]	1.19	408.1⁎	[3]	{12.674}	[9]	31.9 - 36.8	-		0.17⁎	[3]
	< 1200	[2]							{11.1}	[2]						P6/mmm	[2]
									{12.81}	[6]
ScB2	2250	[2]	243.8⁎	256.6⁎	[3]	0.95	431⁎	[3]	3.65 / {3.667}	[9]	117.4 - 118.1	17.5+-2.7	[9]	0.11⁎	[3]
	2250	[6]							{3.67}	[2]						P6/mmm	[2]
SmB2			128⁎	110.8⁎	[3]	1.16	258⁎	[3]						0.16⁎	[3]
TaB2	3000 - 3150	[4]	295.8⁎	191.5⁎	[3]	1.54	370	[4]	11.7 / {12.6}	[4], [6]	20.4 - 40.4	24.9 / 25.6+-1.2 / 16.7	[4]	0.23⁎	[3]	hex (c-32 type)	[4]
	3037	[9]					472.5⁎	[3]	12.38 / {12.62}	[9]		19 - 25	[17]			hex	[17]
	3040	[17]					265.9	[9]	12.54	[17]		24.5+-0.4	[9]			P6/mmm	[2]
							257	[17]
TbB2			131.3⁎	115.4⁎	[3]	1.14	267.8⁎	[3]	-					0.16⁎	[3]	P6/mmm	[2]
TiB									5.09 / {4.565}	[9]		26.5- 27.5	[9]			fcc	[4]
									5.09 / 5.26	[2]						F43m	[2]
TiB2	3225	[18]	240	255	[19]	0.94	565	[19]	4.52	[18]	81.0 - 129.9	25.0	[19]	0.108	[19]	hex P6/mmm	[19]
	2980 / 2900+-80	[4]	250.3⁎	260.7⁎	[3]	0.96	530	[13]	4.5	[19]		25 - 35	[18]	0.11⁎	[3]	hex	[18]
	2900	[20]	238	240.4	[21]	0.99	366	[4]	4.5	[13]		33.3 / 33.0 / 26.6 / 25.3	[4]	0.109 / 0.11	[22]	hex (c-32 type)	[4]
	2790	[9]					581⁎	[3]	4.5 / 4.52 / {4.52}	[4]		25 - 33	[17]			P6/mmm	[2]
	3225	[17]					594⁎ / 569	[22]	4.5	[20]		33.0+-0.6	[9]			hex	[17]
	2800	[2]					370	[20]	4.52	[17]						hex	[20]
	2980	[7]					529.6	[9]	4.38	[2]
							551	[17]	4.5 / {4.52}	[6]				0.11	[17]
							529.6	[6]	4.5	[7]
							535.5	[7]			119[7]
TiB4			226⁎	190⁎	[11]	1.19						32.2⁎	[11]
TmB2			137.5⁎	120.5⁎	[3]	1.14	279.7⁎	[3]						0.16⁎	[3]
UB2	2385	[2]	205.5⁎	209.5⁎	[3]	0.98	469.6	[3]	{12.692}	[9]	36.9 - 37.0	13.6	[4]	0.12⁎	[3]	P6/mmm	[2]
									{12.71}	[4]		14.8	[9]
VB	~ 2250	[2]							5.44 / {5.28}	[4]						orthorhombic / Cmcm	[2], [4]
									{5.44}	[6]
VB2	2040 - 2160	[4]	279.5⁎	240.9⁎	[3]	1.16	562.2⁎	[3]	4.61 / 5.28 / {5.10}	[4]	50.7 - 122.0	20.4	[4]	0.16⁎	[3]	hex (c-32 type)	[4]
	~ 2400	[2]					267.7	[9]	5.06 - 5.28	[9]		27.5+-0.1	[9]			P6/mmm	[2]
	2400+-50	[6]							4.61 / {5.10}	[2]
	2100	[7]							5.28 / {5.10}	[6]
									5.1	[7]
VB4			241⁎	237⁎	[11]	1.02						45.2⁎	[11]
W2B	2770+-80	[4]	322.5⁎	164.1⁎	[3]	1.97	420.9⁎	[3]	16 / {10.72}	[6]	24.5 - 39.3	23.5	[6]	0.28⁎	[3]	tetragonal	[4]
									17.17 / 16 / 15.98 / {16.72}	[4]
YB2	2100	[2]	173.5⁎	145.3⁎	[3]	1.19	340.8⁎	[3]	{3.370}	[9]	101.1 - 117.1			0.17⁎	[3]	P6/mmm	[2]
									{2.91}	[6]
YbB2			153.7⁎	130.2⁎	[3]	1.18	304.6⁎	[3]						0.17⁎	[3]
YbB6	1538 +-33	[4]							5.45 / {5.56}	[4]		25.5	[9]			Pm3m	[2]
	> 2000	[9]
ZrB	2922 / 2992 +-50	[4]							5.7 / {6.7}	[2], [4], [6]		69 - 72 HRA	[4]			cubic / Fm3m	[2], [4]
												35 - 36	[9]
ZrB2	3000	[18]	220	225	[16]	0.98	350	[18]	6.1	[18]	55.6 - 104.8	22 - 26	[18]	0.13⁎	[3]	hex	[18]
	2980 / 2990+-50 / 3040+-50	[4]	245	243	[16]	1.01	498 - 638	[4]	{6.09} / {6.102}	[4]		23+-0.9	[16]	0.144	[4]	hex (c-32 type)	[4]
	2990	[20]	238.6⁎	231.4⁎	[3]	1.03	524.6⁎	[3]	6.1	[20]		15.3 / 21.6 / 87 - 89 HRA	[4]	0.14	[22]	hex	[17]
	3200	[9]	238⁎ - 276⁎	239⁎ - 260⁎	[16]	0.92 - 1.15	343.2	[9]	6.1	[17]		25.3 - 28.0	[17]	0.09 - 0.28	[22]	P6/mmm	[2]
	3245	[17]	207.6	192.2	[4]		554 / 502	[16]	6.17 / {6.09}	[2]		22.1	[6]	0. 109 / 0.13	[16]
	3040	[2]					520⁎ - 555⁎	[16]	6.1	[7]		22.1+-0.2	[9]	0.137 - 0.144⁎	[16]
	3060	[7]					350	[20]
							500	[17]						0.11	[17]
							518.5	[7]			~ 85[7]
ZrB4			199⁎		[11]
Carbo-Borides
Hf2BC			207	150	[23]	1.38	362⁎	[23]
Mo2BC	2800	[2]	313	181	[23]	1.73	466 - 473	[21]	8.71	[2]	53.5 - 54.3			0.26	[21]	Cmcm	[2]
			324	185 - 188	[21]	1.72 - 1.75
Nb2BC			259	163	[23]	1.59	404⁎	[23]
Ta2BC			286	168	[23]	1.70	421⁎	[23]
Ti2BC			208	158	[23]	1.32	378⁎	[23]
V2BC			260	178	[23]	1.46	435⁎	[23]
W2BC			350	184	[23]	1.90	468⁎	[23]
Zr2BC			187	128	[23]	1.46	312⁎	[23]
Carbides
B4C	2350	[13]	247⁎	200⁎	[11]	1.24	448	[13]	2.52	[18]	177.8 - 191.1	37 - 47	[18]			orthorhombic	[18]
	2450	[18]	175 (graph)		[24]		450	[18]	2.52	[20]		30 (graph)	[24]			orthorombic	[20]
	2450	[20]					472⁎	[11]	2.51 / 2.484 / 2.47	[2]		31.7⁎	[11]			R3m	[2]
	2450	[2]					450	[20]
	2420	[7]
Cr3C2	1800	[13]					371	[13]	6.74	[13]	55.0 - 55.8	17.7	[9]			orthorhombic	[4]
	1830 - 1890	[4]					370 @ 449 °C	[25]	6.68 - 6.7	[4]						Pnma	[2]
	1895	[9]					372.7	[9]
	~ 1900	[2]
	1985	[7]
Cr4C	1510	[7]
Cr7C3	1782	[2]	311.7⁎ / 309⁎	143.9⁎	[14]	2.15	371 / 374	[14]	6.9	[2]	53.8 - 54.2	18.5	[9]			P31c	[2]
	1780	[7]
Fe3C			259.2⁎	119.6⁎	[14]	2.17	177	[26]	7.4	[4]	23.9			0.26	[26]
HfC	3000–3900	[13]					317	[13]	12.2	[13]	24.8 - 23.8	24.8 - 31.4	[9]				[13]
	3890	[20]					400	[20]	12.3	[20]		26.0	[17]			cubic	[20]
	3900	[17]					352.1	[9]	12.76	[17]		29.0+-3.0	[27]			fcc	[17]
	3890	[2]					352	[17]								Fm3m	[2]
Mo2C	2410	[28]					228	[13]	8.9	[13]	24.8 - 59.9	14.7+-1.3	[9]			P63/mmc	[2]
	2522	[2]					530 @ 390 °C	[25]	9.04 / {9.18}	[9]
							533.5	[9]
NbC	1900	[13]					338	[13]	7.6	[13]	43.2 - 72.7	23.0+-3.0	[27]			B1 fm3m	[29]
	3613	[9]					492.93 - 549.66	[30]	7.56 / {7.82}	[9]						Fm3m	[2]
	3600	[2]					338.3	[9]	7.8	[7]
	3775	[7]					540 @ 474 °C	[25]
							350 - 500	[31]
							546	[7]			70.0[7]
Nb2C	3100	[28]							7.86 / {7.85}	[9]						Pnma	[2]
	3035	[9]							6.7	[7]
	2675	[7]
PKD			463.1⁎ / 442⁎	540⁎	[32]	0.82	1013 ± 52.6	[33]	3.51	[33]	273.6 - 303.6	70.0	[32]	0.144 ± 0.055	[33]	cubic	[33]
			368	397.5	[15]		1185.3	[15]						0.0077	[15]
SiC	2200	[18]					480	[18]	3.2	[18]	117.1 - 158	20 - 35	[18]	0.17	[34]	hex	[18]
	2300	[20]		200	[34]		480	[20], [34]	3.21	[20]		32.0	[17]	0.17	[35]	hex	[20]
	2820	[17]					386.4	[9]	3.21	[17]				0.16	[17]	polymorphic	[17]
	2750	[7]					427	[35]	3.123 / 3.213	[2]						F43m	[2]
							415	[17]	3.3	[7]
							495	[7]			150[7]
TaC	3880 - 3915	[13]					336	[13]	13.9	[13]	19.7 - 24.2	18.2	[17]			Fm3m	[2]
	3880	[20]					290	[20]	14.5	[20]		16.0+-2.0	[27]			cubic	[20]
	3985	[9]					285.4	[9]	14.5	[17]						cubic	[17]
	3800	[17]					285	[17]
	3780	[2]
TiC	3140	[28]	242.2	188.5	[36]	1.28	400	[18]	4.93	[18]	64.8 - 110.2	24 - 32	[18]	0.1908	[36]	fcc	[18]
	3067	[18]	240		[37]		462.9	[36]	4.905⁎	[36]		31.4	[9]	0.17	[25]	cubic	[20]
	3140	[20]					320	[20]	4.93	[20]		30.0	[17]			cubic	[17]
	3100	[17]					451	[17]	4.94	[17]		32+-2.0	[27]			Fm3m
	3150	[2]					451.1	[9]	4.2	[7]
	3250	[7]					450 @ 617 °C	[25]
							460	[31]
							420	[7]			100[7]
UC	2520	[9]	163.6	82.6	[36]	1.98	212.1	[36]	12.97 / {13.63}	[9]	15.6 - 17.0	6.9+-1.5	[9]	0.284	[36]
							220.7	[9]				9.5+-1.0	[27]
VC	2730	[13]					434	[13]	5.77	[13]	72.6 - 85.1	27.5 / 20.4 - 24.6 / 20.4 / 92 HRA	[4]	0.32 @ 552 °C	[25]	cubic fm3m	[29]
	2810 - 2865	[4]					421.7	[9]	5.36 - 5.81	[4]						B1 fcc	[4]
	2648	[9]					420 @ 552 °C	[25]	5.1	[7]
	2750	[7]
V2C	2200	[28]							{5.75}	[9]
	2187	[9]							5.8	[7]
	2150	[7]
WC	2800–2860	[13]	577		[38]		669	[13]	15.63	[13]	32.8 - 47.1	20 - 24	[18]	0.31 @ 347 °C	[25]	hex	[18]
	2600	[18]					720	[18]	15.7	[18]		21.6	[9]			hex	[4]
	2867+-50 / 2870 / 2900 / 2777 / 2867 / 2627	[4]					519 / 539.8 / 601.2 / 668.2 / 706.7	[4]	15.60 / 15.63 / 15.7 / {15.8}	[4]		17 / 23.5 / 18.3 / 18.4 / 92 HRA	[4]			Fm3m	[2]
	2780	[20]					730	[20]	15.7	[20]						hex	[20]
	2785	[2]					696.3	[9]	15.5 - 15.7 / {15.77}	[9]
	2777	[7]					700 @ 347 °C	[25]	15.7	[7]
ZrC	3400	[13]	223.1	169.7	[36]	1.31	359	[13]	6.73	[13]	28.3 - 83.8	25.5 / 27.8 - 34.1 / 21 / 20.5 / 92.5 HRA	[4]	0.197	[36]	B1 fcc	[4]
	3532+-125 / 3532 / 3530 / 3550 / 3540 / 3175	[4]	214.2	124	[9]	1.31	406.2	[36]	6.606⁎	[36]		27.0	[17]	0.257	[9]	Fm3m	[2]
	3420	[2]					195.1 / 317.8 / 337.8 / 479.9	[4]	6.9 / {6.661. 6.73. 6.70. 6.44}	[4]		30+-3.0	[27]
	3420	[20]					390	[20]	6.6	[20]						cubic	[20]
	3400	[17]					550 @ 505 °C	[25]	6.56	[17]						fcc	[17]
	3525	[7]					348.1	[9]	6.8	[7]
							348	[17]
							408	[7]			60[7]
Oxides
Al203	2045	[13]	264.5	156.6	[39]	1.69	379 @ 1090 °C	[13]	3.98	[13]	99.2 - 104.1	20.7	[40]	0.27	[41]	hex	[18]
	2046.7+-8	[40]	136.67⁎	165	[34]	0.83	395.8	[39]	3.97	[40]		18 - 21	[18]	0.13 - 0.45	[40]	hex. cubic. monoclinic	[40]
	2050	[20]	251.2	163.4	[42]	1.54	410	[20], [34]	3.94	[39]		23.0	[20]	0.254	[39]
				124.55 - 347.36	[40]				3.99	[20]				0.23	[34]
				186.33 (single crystal)	[40]
B2O3	450	[40]							1.84	[40]
BaO	~ 1923	[40]							5.72	[40]
BeO	2527	[13]	464.29⁎		[20]	3.29	190 @ 1090 °C	[13]	3.01	[13]	122.8 - 129.6	7.8 / 10 / 12.3 / 14.9	[40]	0.36 - 0.38	[40]	hex	[40]
	2570+-30	[40]		95.91 - 100.03	[40]		372	[39]	3.03	[40]
	2570	[20]		141	[39]		390	[20]	3.01	[20]
CaO	2580	[20]	120	74.05	[43]	1.62	181	[43]	3.32	[20]	53.2 - 54.5	6.0	[40]	0.22	[43]	cubic	[40]
	2587	[40]		74.0	[40]				3.4	[40]		6.0+-0.8	[27]	0.22	[40]
	2614	[7]	218		[42]
CeO2	2000	[13]		62.47	[40]		185	[13]	7.13	[40]	25.9
	2397	[40]							7.13	[13]
Ce2O3	2142+-30	[40]	109⁎	50.8⁎	[44]	2.15	132		6.9 - 7.0	[40]	18.9 - 19.1
	2210
Co2O3	894	[40]							5.18	[40]
Cr2O3	2300	[40]	240		[45]				5.21	[40]		29.1	[40]			hex	[40]
FeO	1368	[40]	154		[46]				5.7	[40]		5.4	[40]			hex. cub.	[40]
			162.7		[47]							5.4+-0.5	[27]			fcc	[46]
Fe2O3	1562	[40]	99.6	94.8	[42]	1.05	261	[48]	6.51	[40]	40.1	10.8 / 5 - 6.8 / 6.8 - 10.9 / 9 / 9.9 / 9 - 10.4 / 3.5 - 3.8	[40]			hex. cub.	[40]
HfO2	2810	[7]							9.68	[7]
MgO	2800+-13	[40]	156.4	124.3	[39]	1.26	317 @ 1090 °C	[13]	3.65	[40]	68.2 - 88.4	9.1 - 9.3 / 7.5 / 11.2	[40]	0.36	[40]	cubic	[40]
	2800	[7]	156.57⁎	130	[34]	1.20	249.09	[49]	3.58	[13]		11.0+-1.5	[27]
			155	130.1	[42]	1.19			3.585	[49]
				77.48 - 113.76	[40]		294.7	[39]	3.506	[39]
	2840	[20]	162.3		[47]		310	[20], [34]	3.58	[7]				0.17	[34]
MgO2	2832	[7]
MgAl2O3	2135	[7]							3.51	[7]
MgV2O4	2050	[7]
MnO	1785	[40]							5.18	[40]		5.7	[40]			cubic	[40]
												5.7+-0.8	[27]
MnO2	847	[40]	34.4						5.026	[40]						tetra. rhom.	[40]
NbO	1937	[7]
NbO2	1902	[7]
Nb2O3	1772	[40]					134.1	[50]
Nb2O5	1510	[40]							5.98	[40]		7.3	[40]			rhom.	[40]
	1512	[7]
NiO	1957	[40]							7.45	[40]		4.4	[40]			cubic	[40]
Sc2O3	2405	[40]							3.864	[40]						cubic	[40]
SiO2	1600–1725		37.02	31.14	[39]	1.19	73	[13]	2.66	[13]	27.4 - 33.1			0.17	[40]	hex - rhom - tetra - cub	[40]
	1720	[40]	36.98⁎		[13], [39]		72.97	[39]	2.32 - 2.651	[40]		7.5 - 12.3	[40]	0.171	[39]
	1710	[7]							2.203	[39]
									2.32	[7]
Sm2O3	~ 2320	[40]	127.99⁎	53.1	[39]	2.41	139	[39]						0.319	[39]	monoclinic	[40]
Ta2O5	1877	[40]					179.1	[50]	8.73	[40]	20.5					rhom.	[40]
	1785	[7]
ThO2	3300	[40]	69.34⁎	98.07 (303 K)	[40]	0.71	137.3	[40]	10	[40]	13.7 - 32.0	9.7 - 10.9	[40]	0.17	[40]	cubic	[40]
	3220	[20]	178.5	94.2	[39]	1.89	240.4	[39]	9.722	[39]
	3390	[7]					240	[20]	10.05	[20]				0.275	[39]
							310.4	[7]	9.7	[7]	32[7]
TiO	1737	[40]	270		[37]				4.93 - 5.53	[40]		19.6	[40]	0.28		cubic	[40]
												16.0+-3.5	[27]
TiO2	1855	[40]	210	113.1	[39]	1.86	272	[39]	3.84 - 4.24	[40]	64.2 - 70.8	6.0 - 10.7	[40]			tetra. rhom.	[40]
	1857	[7]	210.3	113.5	[42]	1.85			4.24	[39]
			215.2	113.54 (single crystal)	[40]	1.90
Ti2O3	2127	[40]	148.9	69.2	[51]	2.15	179.8	[51]	5.02	[51]	35.8			0.299	[51]	cubic	[51]
																hex	[40]
UO2	2760	[40]					192.9	[39]	10.5	[40]	17.6 - 18.6	7.7 - 8.2	[40]	0.302	[39]	cubic	[40]
	2800	[20]	162	74.1	[39]	2.19	162.8 - 245.18	[40]	10.37	[39]
	2875	[7]							10.97	[20]
VO2	1545	[40]							4.4	[4]						monoclinic	[40]
V2O3	2376	[40]							4.87	[4]						hex	[40]
WO3	1470	[40]							7.16	[4]						tetra. monoclinic	[40]
	1470	[7]
Y203	2450	[20]	148.9+-3	69.2+-2	[51]	2.15	179.8+-4.8	[51]	5.02	[51]	34.1 - 41.0	6.8	[40]	0.299	[51]	cubic	[40]
			135.7	66.5	[39]	2.04	171.5	[39]	5.03	[39]				0.298	[39]
			141.5⁎		[39]		180	[20]	4.5	[20]
									4.84	[40]
ZnO	1975	[40]	134	44	[39]	3.05	199+-2			[40]	21.2 - 35.9	1.5 - 3.1	[40]	0.351	[39]	tet - mono @ 1170 °C	[52]
			143.6	45.5	[42]	3.16	119	[39]								hex	[40]
				45.5	[40]
ZrO2	2690	[40]	137.68⁎	75	[34]	1.84	190	[34]	5.56	[40]	30.3 - 35.4	16.6	[40]	0.27	[34]	monoclinic	[40]
	2700	[7]		77.9	[39]		197	[39]	6.27	[40]						cubic	[40]
									5.75	[7]
Nitrides
AlN	2300	[20]	159.9 - 207	126.4	[53]	1.64	350	[20]	3.25	[20]	90.5 - 110					hex	[20]
	2375	[7]					350	[9]	3.2	[54]
							294.2 - 323.6 / 343.7	[7]	3.2	[7]
							352	[7]			110[7]
BC2N			408	445	[11]	0.92	980	[24]				65.2		0.096	[24]		[24]
BN	2730	[7]							2.1	[7]
c-BN	2973		400	405	[11]	0.99	909	[24]	3.45 - 3.48	[33]	261.2 - 263.5	48⁎	[11]	0.121	[55]	cub (hex)	[24]
			405	400	[55]	1.01	909⁎	[55]				61 (graph)	[24]	0.119	[15]	cubic [F 4 3 m]	[33]
			376	383.67	[21]	0.98[21]	921	[15]
			415 (graph)	405	[24]	1.02
hex-BN									2.2	[54]
CrN												15.4+-0.5	[9]
HfN	3385	[17]					341.66 - 355.46	[30]	13.9	[17]	24.6-25.6	15.7	[9]			fcc	[17]
	3225	[7]										17.0+-2.0	[27]
NbN	2300	[9]					483.5	[9]	3.26	[7]	60 - 148.3					cubic	[9]
	2330	[7]					195.6	[7]
Si3N4	1900	[13]	290	120	[13]	2.42	295	[34]	3.18	[13]	66.7 - 92.8	15.5	[18]	0.29	[34]	hex	[20]
	1900	[24]		115	[34]		220	[20]	3.2	[7]						hex	[18]
	1900	[7]							3.2-3.3	[54]
	1900	[20]							3.2	[20]
TaN	2700	[17]							14.3	[17]		23.7	[9]			cubic	[17]
	3075	[7]							13.8 / {14.36}	[9]
TiN	2930	[13]	295	212.23⁎	[21]	1.39[21]	600	[13]	5.44	[13]	46.2 - 115.4	21.0+-3.0	[27]			cubic	[20]
	2950	[20]	320⁎		[37]		260	[20]	5.4	[20]						fcc	[17]
	2950	[9]					251.1	[9]	5.43 / {5.44}	[9]
	2950	[17]					445 - 472.06	[30]	5.39	[17]
	2900	[7]							5.2	[7]
VN	2050	[9]							6.040 / 6.102	[6]		15.5+-1.5	[27]
	2200	[7]							6	[7]
ZrN	2980	[20]							7.3	[20]	50[7]	18.0+-2.0	[27]			cubic	[20]
	2980	[9]							7.29	[17]						fcc	[17]
	3950	[17]
	2950	[7]
Intermetallics
Be12Ti	1593	[2]	117	128	[56]	0.91	282	[56]	2.3	[2]	122.6			0.099	[56]	D2b tI26	[56]
																P6/mmm	[2]
CoAl	1635	[56]	162	114	[56]	1.42	278	[56]				5.2	[80Sam]	0.214	[56]	B2cP2	[56]
CoSi2	1326	[2]	210.1	67.5	[56]	3.11	182.9	[56]	4.94 / {4.95}	[9]	36.9 - 37.0	5.4	[9]	0.355	[56]	Fm3m	[2]
	1277	[6]
CrSi2	1475	[2]	172	153.3	[56]	1.12	354.6	[56]	4.91	[2]	71.1 - 72.1	6.9	[9]	0.156	[56]	P6222	[2]
	1500 +-20	[6]							4.91 / {4.978}	[9]
Fe3Al									{6.648}	[9]
FeAl							261	[56]	5.585	[9]	46.7					B2cP2	[56]
MoSi2	2050	[56]	209.7	191.1	[56]	1.10	384		5.9 - 6.3 / {6.24}	[6]	60.3 - 71.5	12.95 - 15.2	[6]	0.151	[56]	tet	[18], [56]
	2030	[20]					380	[20]	6.2	[20]		6.9	[9]			tet	[20]
	2030	[6]					421.7	[6]								I4/mmm	[2]
Ni3Al			173	77.3	[56]	2.24	201.9	[56]	{7.293}	[9]				0.305	[56]		[56]
Ni3Fe			180.6	85.5	[56]	2.11	221.4	[56]						0.296	[56]		[56]
NiAl	1638	[56]	166	70	[56]	2.37	184.1	[56]	5.85		31.5			0.315	[56]		[56]
TaSi2							338	[13]	9.1	[13]	37.1 - 38.3	9.8 - 11.8	[9]			P6222	[2]
									9.1	[2]
									8.83 / {9.1}	[9]
Ti3Sn			97.5	41.9	[56]	2.33	110	[56]						0.312	[56]		[56]
TiAl			110	70	[56]	1.57	173	[56]	3.84 / {3.63}	[9]	45.1 - 47.7	1.8	[9]	0.234	[56]	L10 tP4	[56]
TiAl3	1375	[56]	105.6	93	[56]	1.14	215.7	[56]	3.31 / {3.371}	[9]	64.0 - 65.2	6.7	[9]	0.16	[56]		[56], [57]
TiCr2	1550	[56]	159	71	[56]	2.24	184	[56]						0.31	[56]	C14. hP12	[56]
TiSi2			148.9	116.7	[56]	1.28	277.8	[56]	4.39 / {4.13}	[6]	59.0 - 69.1	6.78	[9]	0.189	[56]	Fddd	[6]
							258.9	[6]	4.02 / {4.043}	[9]
Ti5Si3	2150	[7]							4.2	[7]
VSi2			166 - 167.2	142 - 147.9	[56]	1.12	331 - 342.6	[56]	4.34 / {4.627}	[9]	71.5 - 78.9	8.7 - 9.4	[9]	0.158	[56]		[56]
V5Si3									5.1	[7]
WSi2	2180	[7]	222.4	203.6	[56]	1.09	467.9	[56]	9.25 / [9.857]	[9]	47.5-50.6	10.5	[9]	0.149	[56]		[56]
									9.25	[7]
YAl2			89.2	65.5	[56]		158	[56]	{3.933}	[9]	40.2			0.205	[56]	C15 cF24	[56]
YFe2			97	49.6	[56]	1.36	127	[56]								C15 cF24	[56]
ZrAl2	1645	[56]	117	93.8	[56]	1.25	222	[56]	4.42 / {4.561}	[9]	48.7 - 50.2			0.184	[56]	C14. HP12	[56]
ZrAl3	1580	[56]	95.4 - 106.9	85.1 - 90.0	[56]	1.06	201.8 - 205	[56]	4.11 / {4.098}	[9]	49.1-50.0	5.5	[9]	0.185	[56]		[56]

Subject area	Physical metallurgy, Material Science, Engineering
More specific subject area	Metal-matrix-composites
Type of data	Table
How data was acquired	Literature survey
Data format	Raw, processed
Experimental factors	–
Experimental features	–
Data source location	–
Data accessibility	Data are accessible in this article