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Soda-lime Glass vs. Commercially Pure Palladium

Soda-lime glass and commercially pure palladium belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. Soda-lime glass is a ceramic material, while commercially pure palladium is a metal. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 13 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 soda-lime glass and the bottom bar is commercially pure palladium.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 70 to 71
120
Knoop Hardness 570
68 to 130
Poisson's Ratio 0.23
0.39
Shear Modulus, GPa 29
43
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 41 to 180
200 to 380

Thermal Properties

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 720 to 800
240
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 8.8 to 9.0
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 2.4
12

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
5.6
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 56
14
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 4.6 to 20
4.5 to 8.8
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 11 to 28
6.2 to 9.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 4.7 to 20
9.8 to 19