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Drywall vs. Silicon Compare Drywall vs. Silicon strength, stiffness, weight and thermal properties.
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Questions Is Drywall stronger than Silicon? Silicon is stronger: its tensile strength is 130 MPa against 1.5 MPa for Drywall (86.7x).
Which is stiffer, Drywall or Silicon? Silicon is stiffer: Young's modulus 131 GPa against 1.5 GPa for Drywall, so the same part in Silicon deflects less under the same load.
Which expands less with temperature? Silicon expands less: 2.62 µm/m·K against 16.7 µm/m·K for Drywall.
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