Soda-lime Glass vs. Glass-bonded Mica
Both soda-lime glass and glass-bonded mica are glass and glass-ceramics. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is soda-lime glass and the bottom bar is glass-bonded mica.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 70 to 71 | |
| 71 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 41 to 180 | |
| 39 |
Thermal Properties
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 300 | |
| 450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 720 to 800 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.0 to 1.1 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 8.8 to 9.0 | |
| 6.7 |
Electrical Properties
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 MHz | 7.3 to 7.4 | |
| 6.8 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 13 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 2.4 | |
| 2.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 56 | |
| 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 to 20 | |
| 4.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 28 | |
| 9.7 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 0.51 to 0.6 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 4.7 to 20 | |
| 5.9 |