Skip to content
Tool·Lifes /Everything About Materials
Apps
Explore Guides Search
Everything About Materials

Best-of material rankings

All thirty-two materials ranked by one score at a time — strength, heat, fire, insulation, workability and circularity.

Scores are relative 0–100 marks within this atlas. Use them to browse, not as an engineering spec.

Strength

Structural or tensile strength relative to the other thirty-two materials.

Open →

Heat resistance

Service temperature and thermal stability relative across the atlas.

Open →

Fire performance

Non-combustibility or flame-retardant behaviour relative to the atlas — not a certificate.

Open →

Insulation

How well the material (or its typical product form) resists heat flow.

Open →

Workability

How readily it is formed, sewn, cast, machined or installed.

Open →

Circularity

Recycle loops, process energy and substitution pressure — editorial, not a LCA.

Open →