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Soda-lime Glass vs. PA 6/10

Soda-lime glass and PA 6/10 belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Soda-lime glass is a ceramic material, while PA 6/10 is polymeric. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 12 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, 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 soda-lime glass and the bottom bar is PA 6/10.

Soda-Lime (Float) GlassPolyamide (PA, Nylon) 6/10 (610)
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70 to 71
1.6 to 2.3
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 41 to 180
45 to 60

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 300
80
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 720 to 800
1510
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 1.0 to 1.1
0.23

Electrical Properties

Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm 13
15 to 19

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.4
1.1

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
0.78 to 1.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 56
34 to 39
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 4.6 to 20
11 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 28
25 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 0.51 to 0.6
0.13