High-silica Glass vs. Potassium Bromide
High-silica glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while potassium bromide belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics. There are 6 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is high-silica glass and the bottom bar is potassium bromide.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 24 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.00044 to 0.00088 | |
| 0.00020 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 4.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 61 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
| 39 |