High-silica Glass vs. Carbon-carbon
High-silica glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while carbon-carbon belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 6 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is high-silica glass and the bottom bar is carbon-carbon.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 95 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 12 | |
| -5.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 31 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 61 | |
| 89 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
| 4.0 |