Borosilicate Glass vs. C-310 Titania-based Ceramic
Borosilicate glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while C-310 titania-based ceramic belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is borosilicate glass and the bottom bar is C-310 titania-based ceramic.
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Mechanical Properties
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 34 to 69 | |
| 75 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 830 | |
| 750 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.2 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 3.3 to 5.1 | |
| 7.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 70 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 5.0 to 34 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0026 to 0.018 | |
| 0.0056 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0017 to 0.0088 | |
| 0.0018 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.2 to 2.6 | |
| 3.7 |
Common Calculations
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.54 to 0.63 | |
| 1.3 |