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PEEK vs. Alumina-lime-silica Glass

PEEK and alumina-lime-silica glass belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. PEEK 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 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (25, 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 PEEK and the bottom bar is alumina-lime-silica glass.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 1.3 to 1.5
2.8
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 4.0 to 24
90
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m 3.0 to 14
12
Flexural Strength, MPa 150 to 330
46
Glass Transition Temperature, °C 240
680
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 1.5 to 10
18
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 36 to 73
53
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15 to 52
4.3