Aluminum Nitride vs. Borosilicate Glass
Aluminum nitride belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while borosilicate glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is aluminum nitride and the bottom bar is borosilicate glass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 2100 | |
| 2000 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 330 | |
| 67 to 80 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 190 to 400 | |
| 34 to 69 |
| Fracture Toughness, MPa-m1/2 | 2.9 | |
| 0.8 |
| Knoop Hardness | 1160 | |
| 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.21 to 0.31 | |
| 0.21 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1380 | |
| 360 |
| Maximum Thermal Shock, °C | 220 | |
| 160 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 780 | |
| 830 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 80 to 190 | |
| 1.2 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 4.2 to 5.4 | |
| 3.3 to 5.1 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 6.9 to 28 | |
| 5.4 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 15 to 56 | |
| 5.0 to 34 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0019 | |
| 0.0026 to 0.018 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.00020 to 0.0010 | |
| 0.0017 to 0.0088 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 to 12 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 to 3.3 | |
| 2.2 to 2.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 63 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 69 to 80 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 31 to 74 | |
| 0.54 to 0.63 |