GM-120 Glass Ceramic vs. Fused Silica
Both GM-120 glass ceramic and fused silica are glass and glass-ceramics. There are 9 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is GM-120 glass ceramic and the bottom bar is fused silica.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 11 | |
| 30 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 73 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 57 | |
| 67 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 63 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 3.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.5 | |
| 0.5 |