Potassium Bromide vs. Borosilicate Glass
Potassium bromide belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics classification, while borosilicate glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics. There are 14 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 potassium bromide and the bottom bar is borosilicate glass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 24 | |
| 67 to 80 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.17 | |
| 0.21 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 730 | |
| 560 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 830 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 4.8 | |
| 1.2 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 39 | |
| 3.3 to 5.1 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 4.9 | |
| 5.4 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.00020 | |
| 0.0017 to 0.0088 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.8 | |
| 2.2 to 2.6 |
| Light Transmission Range, µm | 0.22 to 26 | |
| 0.3 to 2.5 |
| Refractive Index | 1.8 | |
| 1.5 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 55 to 61 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 0.54 to 0.63 |