Soda-Lime Glass

Siblings

Fused Silica (Fused Quartz)
Borosilicate Glass
Toughened (Tempered) Glass

Properties

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Bulk Modulus
43 GPa, or 6.2 106 psi
Compressive (Crushing) Strength
325 MPa, or 47.1 103 psi
Density
2.44 g/cm3, or 152 lb/ft3
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)
Low MHz Range
7.3
Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential)
13 MV/m, or 330 V/mil
Elastic (Young's) Modulus
70 GPa, or 10 106 psi
Fracture Toughness
0.8 MPa-m1/2
Refractive Index
1.515
Maximum Temperature
Typical Guideline
300 °C, or 570 °F
Poisson's Ratio
0.23
Shear Modulus
28.5 GPa, or 4.13 106 psi
Specific Heat Capacity
Conventional
720 J/kg-K
Specific Heat Capacity
Volumetric
1700 103 J/m3-K
Speed of Sound
160 103 m/s, or 520 103 ft/s
Stiffness-to-Weight Ratio
Bulk
17 MN-m/kg
Stiffness-to-Weight Ratio
Shear
11 MN-m/kg
Stiffness-to-Weight Ratio
Tensile
28 MN-m/kg
Strength-to-Weight Ratio
Compressive
130 kN-m/kg
Strength-to-Weight Ratio
Tensile, Ultimate
13 kN-m/kg
Tensile Strength
Ultimate
33 MPa, or 4.7 103 psi
Thermal Conductivity
Ambient
1.05 W/m-K
Thermal Diffusivity
Thermal Expansion
20 to 100°C
9 µm/m-K
Thermal Expansion
20 to 300°C

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See Also

Charles Bray, Dictionary of Glass: Materials and Techniques, 2002 (link).

Christian Schittich et al., Glass Construction Manual, 1999 (link).

Eric Le Bourhis, Glass: Mechanics and Technology, 2007 (link).

James F. Shackelford and Robert H. Doremus (editors), Ceramic and Glass Materals: Structure, Properties and Processing, 2008 (link).

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