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Tungsten Carbide vs. Baria-alkali-silica Glass

Tungsten carbide belongs to the non-oxide engineering ceramics classification, while baria-alkali-silica glass belongs to the glass and glass-ceramics. There are 7 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is tungsten carbide and the bottom bar is baria-alkali-silica glass.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 15
3.0
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 630
80
Electrical Resistivity Order of Magnitude, 10x Ω-m 0.75
12
Flexural Strength, MPa 1830
34
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 24
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 20
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 5.4
9.5