Baria-alkali-silica Glass vs. Aluminum Nitride
Baria-alkali-silica glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while aluminum nitride belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is baria-alkali-silica glass and the bottom bar is aluminum nitride.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 to 3.3 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 330 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0034 | |
| 0.0019 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0022 | |
| 0.00020 to 0.0010 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 12 | |
| 10 to 12 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 34 | |
| 190 to 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 55 to 63 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 48 | |
| 69 to 80 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.5 | |
| 4.2 to 5.4 |