Optical Glasses

Quartz glass characteristics

Table 1.
Mechanical Property Reference Value
Density 2.2g/cm3
Compressive Strength 1100Mpa
Bending Strength 67Mpa
Tensile Strength 48Mpa
Poisson's Ratio 0.140.17
Elastic Modulus 72000Mpa
Shearing Modulus 31000Mpa
Mohs Hardness 5.56.5
Table 2.
Mechanical Property Reference Value
Deformation Point 1280
Softening Point 1780
Annealing Point 1250
Specific Heat(20~350℃) 670J/kg.
Thermal Conductivity(20℃) 1.4W/m.
Refractive Index 1.4585
Coefficient of thermal expansion 5.5×10-7cm/cm.
Hot work temperature 17502050
The temperature for a short time 1300
The temperature for a long time 1100
Table 3.
Electrics Property Reference Value
Resistivity 7×107Ω.cm
Dielectric Strength 250400Kv/cm
Dielectric Constant 3.73.9
Dielectric absorption coefficient <4×104
Dielectric loss coefficient <1×104