Hexagonal Boron Nitride vs. Alkali-lime-silica Glass
Hexagonal boron nitride belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while alkali-lime-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 (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is hexagonal boron nitride and the bottom bar is alkali-lime-silica glass.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.9 to 2.1 | |
| 2.7 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 61 to 200 | |
| 28 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 14 to 60 | |
| 78 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0017 | |
| 0.022 to 0.052 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.00075 to 0.0018 | |
| 0.0088 to 0.053 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 13 to 15 | |
| 10 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 18 to 140 | |
| 34 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.1 to 18 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 42 to 69 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 0.54 to 18 | |
| 9.0 |