GM-120 Glass Ceramic vs. Beryllia
GM-120 glass ceramic belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while beryllia belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics. There are 9 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 GM-120 glass ceramic and the bottom bar is beryllia.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.5 | |
| 2.9 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 350 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 57 | |
| 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 67 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 82 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 3.0 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.5 | |
| 8.0 |