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Alkali-lime-silica Glass vs. Tungsten Carbide

Alkali-lime-silica glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while tungsten carbide belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 7 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 alkali-lime-silica glass and the bottom bar is tungsten carbide.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.7
15
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 78
630
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m 10
0.75
Flexural Strength, MPa 34 to 170
1830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
24
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 53
20
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.0
5.4