Steatite vs. GM-120 Glass Ceramic
Steatite belongs to the oxide-based engineering ceramics classification, while GM-120 glass ceramic belongs to the glass and glass-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 steatite and the bottom bar is GM-120 glass ceramic.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 1.9 to 2.8 | |
| 2.5 |
| Dielectric Strength (Breakdown Potential), kV/mm | 7.9 to 16 | |
| 11 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 68 to 120 | |
| 56 |
| Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m | 8.0 to 11 | |
| 10 |
| Flexural Strength, MPa | 32 to 150 | |
| 57 |
| Maximum Thermal Shock, °C | 90 to 160 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 32 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 52 to 83 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 1.8 to 2.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 9.5 |