Alkali-lime-silica Glass vs. Borosilicate Glass
Both alkali-lime-silica glass and borosilicate glass are glass and glass-ceramics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is alkali-lime-silica glass and the bottom bar is borosilicate glass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 67 to 80 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 34 to 170 | |
| 34 to 69 |
Thermal Properties
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.0 | |
| 3.3 to 5.1 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 28 | |
| 5.0 to 34 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.022 to 0.052 | |
| 0.0026 to 0.018 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0088 to 0.053 | |
| 0.0017 to 0.0088 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.2 to 2.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 55 to 61 |