Aluminum Nitride vs. High-silica Glass
Aluminum nitride belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while high-silica glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics. There are 10 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 high-silica glass.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.9 to 3.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 15 to 56 | |
| 34 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 330 | |
| 78 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0019 | |
| 0.00044 to 0.00087 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.00020 to 0.0010 | |
| 0.00044 to 0.00088 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 to 12 | |
| 12 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 190 to 400 | |
| 34 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 55 to 63 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 69 to 80 | |
| 61 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 4.2 to 5.4 | |
| 0.6 to 0.75 |