Alumina-lime-silica Glass vs. Lead-alkali-silica Glass
Both alumina-lime-silica glass and lead-alkali-silica glass are glass and glass-ceramics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is alumina-lime-silica glass and the bottom bar is lead-alkali-silica glass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 90 | |
| 67 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 46 | |
| 34 |
Thermal Properties
| Glass Transition Temperature, °C | 680 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 4.3 | |
| 9.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 6.5 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0022 | |
| 0.0024 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0026 | |
| 0.0018 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 3.1 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 53 | |
| 43 |