Soda-lime Glass vs. ASTM B817 Type II
Soda-lime glass and ASTM B817 type II belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Soda-lime glass is a ceramic material, while ASTM B817 type II 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 (20, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is soda-lime glass and the bottom bar is ASTM B817 type II.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 to 71 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.23 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 29 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 41 to 180 | |
| 900 to 960 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 300 | |
| 350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 720 to 800 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.8 to 9.0 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.4 | |
| 4.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 56 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 to 20 | |
| 55 to 58 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 28 | |
| 45 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.7 to 20 | |
| 62 to 66 |