Carbon-carbon vs. Borosilicate Glass
Carbon-carbon belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while borosilicate glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics. There are 16 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 carbon-carbon and the bottom bar is borosilicate glass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 2000 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 95 | |
| 67 to 80 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.21 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 19 | |
| 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 2400 | |
| 360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 760 | |
| 830 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 1.2 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 4.0 | |
| 3.3 to 5.1 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | -5.0 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.7 | |
| 2.2 to 2.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 89 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 3.0 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.1 | |
| 36 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 31 | |
| 0.54 to 0.63 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.5 | |
| 50 to 91 |