Borosilicate Glass vs. Lead-alkali-silica Glass
Both borosilicate glass and lead-alkali-silica glass are glass and glass-ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (19, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is borosilicate glass and the bottom bar is lead-alkali-silica glass.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.2 to 2.6 | |
| 3.1 |
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 7.0 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 67 to 80 | |
| 67 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0026 to 0.018 | |
| 0.0024 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0017 to 0.0088 | |
| 0.0018 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 12 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 34 to 69 | |
| 34 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 55 to 61 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 3.3 to 5.1 | |
| 9.0 |