Aluminum Nitride vs. Fused Silica
Aluminum nitride belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while fused silica belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is aluminum nitride and the bottom bar is fused silica.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 2100 | |
| 1100 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 330 | |
| 73 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 190 to 400 | |
| 67 |
| Knoop Hardness | 1160 | |
| 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.21 to 0.31 | |
| 0.17 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1380 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 780 | |
| 720 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 80 to 190 | |
| 1.4 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 4.2 to 5.4 | |
| 0.5 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 6.9 to 28 | |
| 3.8 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 15 to 56 | |
| 30 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.00020 to 0.0010 | |
| 0.00011 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 to 12 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 to 3.3 | |
| 2.2 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 63 | |
| 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 69 to 80 | |
| 63 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 31 to 74 | |
| 0.85 |