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Cork vs. Alumina-lime-silica Glass

Cork and alumina-lime-silica glass belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Cork is a polymeric material, while alumina-lime-silica glass is ceramic. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 6 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, 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 cork and the bottom bar is alumina-lime-silica glass.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 0.15
2.8
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm 1.5
34
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 0.020
90
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 0.074
18
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 60
53
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 200
4.3