Glass-bonded Mica vs. Soda-lime Glass
Both glass-bonded mica and soda-lime glass are glass and glass-ceramics. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is glass-bonded mica and the bottom bar is soda-lime glass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 70 to 71 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 39 | |
| 41 to 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 720 to 800 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 1.0 to 1.1 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.7 | |
| 8.8 to 9.0 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 6.8 | |
| 7.3 to 7.4 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 20 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.6 | |
| 2.4 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.1 | |
| 4.6 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.7 | |
| 11 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 18 | |
| 0.51 to 0.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.9 | |
| 4.7 to 20 |