Borosilicate Glass vs. C14500 Copper
Borosilicate glass and C14500 copper belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Borosilicate glass is a ceramic material, while C14500 copper is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (28, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is borosilicate glass and the bottom bar is C14500 copper.
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 67 to 80 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.21 | |
| 0.34 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 280 | |
| 220 to 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 360 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 560 | |
| 1050 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 830 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.2 | |
| 360 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 3.3 to 5.1 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.2 to 2.6 | |
| 8.9 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 55 to 61 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 6.8 to 10 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 36 to 43 | |
| 9.1 to 12 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.54 to 0.63 | |
| 100 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 50 to 91 | |
| 8.0 to 12 |