High-silica Glass vs. Hexagonal Boron Nitride
High-silica glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while hexagonal boron nitride belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is high-silica glass and the bottom bar is hexagonal boron nitride.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.4 | |
| 1.9 to 2.1 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 34 | |
| 61 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 14 to 60 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.00044 to 0.00087 | |
| 0.0017 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.00044 to 0.00088 | |
| 0.00075 to 0.0018 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 12 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 34 | |
| 18 to 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 4.1 to 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 61 | |
| 42 to 69 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
| 0.54 to 18 |