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Lead-alkali-silica Glass vs. PES

Lead-alkali-silica glass and PES belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Lead-alkali-silica glass is a ceramic material, while PES is polymeric. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, 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 lead-alkali-silica glass and the bottom bar is PES.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 67
2.6
Flexural Strength, MPa 34
130

Thermal Properties

Glass Transition Temperature, °C 450
220
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.0
53

Electrical Properties

Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz 7.0
3.5
Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz 0.0024
0.0010
Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz 0.0018
0.0035
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m 12
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 3.1
1.4

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
1.1
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 43
33