Soda-lime Glass vs. Alpha Quartz
Soda-lime glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics classification, while alpha quartz belongs to the non-glass optical ceramics. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is soda-lime glass and the bottom bar is alpha quartz.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 to 71 | |
| 91 |
| Knoop Hardness | 570 | |
| 740 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.23 | |
| 0.13 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 29 | |
| 31 |
Thermal Properties
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 720 to 800 | |
| 720 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.0 to 1.1 | |
| 8.5 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.8 to 9.0 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Light Transmission Range, µm | 0.35 to 2.5 | |
| 0.13 to 3.4 |
| Refractive Index | 1.5 | |
| 1.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 56 | |
| 57 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.51 to 0.6 | |
| 4.4 |