GM-120 Glass Ceramic vs. SiAlON
GM-120 glass ceramic belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while SiAlON belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics. There are 10 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 SiAlON.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.5 | |
| 3.3 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 11 | |
| 8.3 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 290 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 57 | |
| 680 |
| Maximum Thermal Shock, °C | 110 | |
| 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 50 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 | |
| 67 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 3.0 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.5 | |
| 3.6 |