Fused Silica vs. Granite
Fused silica belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while granite belongs to the natural stone. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is fused silica and the bottom bar is granite.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 1100 | |
| 2200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 70 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 67 | |
| 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.17 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 27 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 50 | |
| 39 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 720 | |
| 840 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 0.5 | |
| 7.4 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 30 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.2 | |
| 2.9 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 63 | |
| 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 3.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 9.0 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.85 | |
| 1.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 97 | |
| 5.4 |