Soda-lime Glass vs. Ferrite
Soda-lime glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while ferrite belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is soda-lime glass and the bottom bar is ferrite.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 to 71 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Knoop Hardness | 570 | |
| 630 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 41 to 180 | |
| 48 to 71 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 720 to 800 | |
| 710 to 1050 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.0 to 1.1 | |
| 3.9 to 6.3 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.8 to 9.0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.3 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 7.3 to 7.4 | |
| 12 to 270 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.4 | |
| 4.7 to 4.8 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 56 | |
| 35 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 to 20 | |
| 2.8 to 4.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 28 | |
| 6.2 to 8.0 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.51 to 0.6 | |
| 0.78 to 1.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.7 to 20 | |
| 3.0 to 4.6 |