Low Expansion Glass-ceramic vs. Fused Silica
Both low expansion glass-ceramic and fused silica are glass and glass-ceramics. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is low expansion glass-ceramic and the bottom bar is fused silica.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 73 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 35 | |
| 67 |
| Knoop Hardness | 530 | |
| 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.22 | |
| 0.17 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 53 | |
| 50 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 690 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 800 | |
| 720 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.7 | |
| 0.5 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 5.7 | |
| 3.8 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Light Transmission Range, µm | 0.5 to 2.7 | |
| 0.16 to 3.5 |
| Refractive Index | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 59 | |
| 63 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.1 | |
| 6.3 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.76 | |
| 0.85 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 97 |