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Infrared Transmitting Glass vs. PTFE

Infrared transmitting glass and PTFE belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Infrared transmitting glass is a ceramic material, while PTFE is polymeric. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 4 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (21, 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 infrared transmitting glass and the bottom bar is PTFE.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 4.4 to 4.8
2.1 to 2.3
Flexural Strength, MPa 20 to 79
13 to 50
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 0.0060 to 0.23
0.24 to 0.65
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.0 to 17
110 to 120