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Borosilicate Glass vs. S45500 Stainless Steel

Borosilicate glass and S45500 stainless steel belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Borosilicate glass is a ceramic material, while S45500 stainless steel is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (32, 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 S45500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 67 to 80
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.21
0.28
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 280
1370 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 360
760
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 560
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 830
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 3.3 to 5.1
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.2 to 2.6
7.9

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 17
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 55 to 61
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 35
48 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 43
35 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50 to 91
48 to 64