Low Expansion Glass-ceramic vs. Aluminum Titanate
Low expansion glass-ceramic belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while aluminum titanate belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 8 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is low expansion glass-ceramic and the bottom bar is aluminum titanate.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 13 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 35 | |
| 29 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 690 | |
| 1250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 2.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 59 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.5 | |
| 1.6 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.7 | |
| 2.9 |