Alkali-lime-silica Glass vs. GM-120 Glass Ceramic
Both alkali-lime-silica glass and GM-120 glass ceramic are glass and glass-ceramics. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is alkali-lime-silica glass and the bottom bar is GM-120 glass ceramic.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.5 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 28 | |
| 11 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 56 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 | |
| 10 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 34 to 170 | |
| 57 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.0 | |
| 9.5 |