Steatite vs. Lead-alkali-silica Glass
Steatite belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while lead-alkali-silica glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is steatite and the bottom bar is lead-alkali-silica glass.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.9 to 2.8 | |
| 3.1 |
| Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity) At 1 Hz | 6.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 to 120 | |
| 67 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 Hz | 0.0014 to 0.022 | |
| 0.0024 |
| Electrical Dissipation At 1 MHz | 0.0010 to 0.0060 | |
| 0.0018 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 12 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 32 to 150 | |
| 34 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 32 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 83 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 9.0 |