Alkali-lime-silica Glass vs. Mullite
Alkali-lime-silica glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while mullite belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is alkali-lime-silica glass and the bottom bar is mullite.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 to 3.0 |
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 7.1 to 7.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 28 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 110 to 170 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0088 to 0.053 | |
| 0.0025 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 | |
| 10 to 11 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 34 to 170 | |
| 130 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 22 to 31 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.0 | |
| 5.8 |