Steatite vs. Soda-lime Glass
Steatite belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while soda-lime glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is steatite and the bottom bar is soda-lime glass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 to 120 | |
| 70 to 71 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.23 | |
| 0.23 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 60 to 220 | |
| 41 to 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 to 1230 | |
| 300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 850 to 860 | |
| 720 to 800 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 8.8 to 9.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 5.7 to 6.5 | |
| 7.3 to 7.4 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 7.9 to 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.9 to 2.8 | |
| 2.4 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 32 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 83 | |
| 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.4 to 32 | |
| 4.6 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 42 | |
| 11 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.79 to 1.1 | |
| 0.51 to 0.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.1 to 33 | |
| 4.7 to 20 |