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Every material ordered by mean score across the six atlas axes.

Editorial and relative — useful for browsing, not for specifying.

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Every material, every score

  1. 1 🪨 Mineral woolThermal Overall69
  2. 2 🔩 SteelMetals Overall66
  3. 3 👨‍🚒 NomexFire performance Overall65
  4. 4 🍴 Stainless steelMetals Overall64
  5. 5 💎 Technical ceramicsCeramics & wood Overall64
  6. 6 🌡️ Ceramic fibreFire performance Overall62
  7. 7 🦺 AramidTextiles Overall62
  8. 8 ☁️ AerogelAdvanced solids Overall60
  9. 9 🏠 Gypsum boardFire performance Overall59
  10. 10 🥫 AluminiumMetals Overall59
  11. 11 🪟 GlassCeramics & wood Overall58
  12. 12 ✈️ TitaniumMetals Overall58
  13. 13 🧯 Intumescent coatingFire performance Overall58
  14. 14 🔶 CopperMetals Overall57
  15. 15 🏗️ ConcreteCeramics & wood Overall57
  16. 16 🌲 WoodCeramics & wood Overall57
  17. 17 🫧 SiliconePolymers Overall55
  18. 18 🐑 WoolTextiles Overall53
  19. 19 GrapheneAdvanced solids Overall50
  20. 20 🎽 PolyesterTextiles Overall49
  21. 21 🏎️ Carbon fibreAdvanced solids Overall49
  22. 22 🪢 NylonTextiles Overall48
  23. 23 🩺 NitinolAdvanced solids Overall48
  24. 24 🧽 Polyurethane foamThermal Overall46
  25. 25 🌱 CottonTextiles Overall44
  26. 26 🛞 Natural rubberPolymers Overall44
  27. 27 📦 Vacuum insulated panelThermal Overall44
  28. 28 🦋 SilkTextiles Overall41
  29. 29 🍳 PTFEPolymers Overall41
  30. 30 🧴 PolyethylenePolymers Overall40
  31. 31 🕯️ Phase-change materialThermal Overall36
  32. 32 ☀️ Perovskite (PV)Advanced solids Overall26

⚙️ Metals

  1. 1 🔩 SteelMetals Overall66
  2. 2 🍴 Stainless steelMetals Overall64
  3. 3 🥫 AluminiumMetals Overall59
  4. 4 ✈️ TitaniumMetals Overall58
  5. 5 🔶 CopperMetals Overall57

Metals →

🧵 Textiles

  1. 1 🦺 AramidTextiles Overall62
  2. 2 🐑 WoolTextiles Overall53
  3. 3 🎽 PolyesterTextiles Overall49
  4. 4 🪢 NylonTextiles Overall48
  5. 5 🌱 CottonTextiles Overall44
  6. 6 🦋 SilkTextiles Overall41

Textiles →

🧪 Polymers

  1. 1 🫧 SiliconePolymers Overall55
  2. 2 🛞 Natural rubberPolymers Overall44
  3. 3 🍳 PTFEPolymers Overall41
  4. 4 🧴 PolyethylenePolymers Overall40

Polymers →

🧱 Ceramics & wood

  1. 1 💎 Technical ceramicsCeramics & wood Overall64
  2. 2 🪟 GlassCeramics & wood Overall58
  3. 3 🏗️ ConcreteCeramics & wood Overall57
  4. 4 🌲 WoodCeramics & wood Overall57

Ceramics & wood →

✨ Advanced solids

  1. 1 ☁️ AerogelAdvanced solids Overall60
  2. 2 GrapheneAdvanced solids Overall50
  3. 3 🏎️ Carbon fibreAdvanced solids Overall49
  4. 4 🩺 NitinolAdvanced solids Overall48
  5. 5 ☀️ Perovskite (PV)Advanced solids Overall26

Advanced solids →

🧊 Thermal

  1. 1 🪨 Mineral woolThermal Overall69
  2. 2 🧽 Polyurethane foamThermal Overall46
  3. 3 📦 Vacuum insulated panelThermal Overall44
  4. 4 🕯️ Phase-change materialThermal Overall36

Thermal →

🔥 Fire performance

  1. 1 👨‍🚒 NomexFire performance Overall65
  2. 2 🌡️ Ceramic fibreFire performance Overall62
  3. 3 🏠 Gypsum boardFire performance Overall59
  4. 4 🧯 Intumescent coatingFire performance Overall58

Fire performance →