. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 27.

Published in final edited form as: J Mater Res. 2009 Mar 1;24(3):1075–1081. doi: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0081

Table 1.

Properties of representative materials^†.

Materials	Modulus E (GPa)	Hardness H (GPa)	Toughness T (MPa·m^½)	Strength σ (MPa)
Quartz glass (99.9%)^‡	71	6.5	-	~80
Sodalime glass^‡	70	5.2	0.67	-
Epoxy	3.5	0.4	-	-
Polycarbonate^‡	2.3	0.3	-	-

^†

Uncertainties in E estimated at ~5%, H~10%, and T~20%.

^‡

Materials for which supplementary data were obtained.