MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Lead-alkali-silica Glass vs. Thallium Bromoiodide

Lead-alkali-silica glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while thallium bromoiodide belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics. There are 5 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, 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 thallium bromoiodide.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 3.1
7.4
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 67
31
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
2.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 43
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.0
6.0