· Density: 2.203 g/cm3
· Hardness: 5.3...6.5 (Mohs scale), 8.8 GPa
· Tensile strength: 48.3 MPa
· Compressive strength: >1.1 GPa
· Bulk modulus: ~37 GPa
· Rigidity modulus: 31 GPa
· Young's modulus: 71.7 GPa
· Poisson's ratio: 0.17
· Lamé elastic constants: λ = 15.87 GPa, μ = 31.26 GPa
· Coefficient of thermal expansion: 5.5 ⋅ 10−7/K (average from 20...320 °C)
· Thermal conductivity: 1.3 W/(m·K)
· Specific heat capacity: 45.3 J/(mol·K)
· Softening point: ≈1665 °C
· Annealing point: ≈1140 °C
· Strain point: 1070 °C
· Electrical resistivity: >1018 Ω·m
· Dielectric constant: 3.75 at 20 °C 1 MHz
· Magnetic susceptibility: −11.28 ⋅ 10−6 (SI, 22 °C)[10]
· Dielectric loss factor: less than 0.0004 at 20 °C 1 MHz typically 6 ⋅ 10−5 at 10 GHz[11]
· Index of refraction: nd = 1.4585 (at 587.6 nm)
· Change of refractive index with temperature (0...700°C)[clarify]: 1.28 ⋅ 10−5/K (between 20...30 °C)[9]
· Stress-optic coefficients: p11 = 0.113, p12 = 0.252.
· Hamaker constant: A = 6.5 ⋅ 10−20 J.
· Dielectric strength: 250...400 kV/cm at 20 °C[12]
· Surface tension: 0.300 N/m at 1800...2400 °C[13]
· Abbe Number: Vd = 67.82[14]