MACOR

Machinable Glass Ceramic

For Industrial Applications

A unique
material

MACOR Machinable Glass Ceramic

MACOR machinable glass ceramic is recognized worldwide to be a major technological innovation, as well as a technical
solution for a wide range of industrial applications.
Opening a wide range of possibilities MACOR gives the performance of a technical ceramic with the versatility of a high
performance polymer, while providing the machinability of a soft metal.
As a result, MACOR is an outstanding engineering material which can quickly be designed into highly complex shapes, using
conventional metalworking tools.

Unique composition
MACOR can be considered unique as its composition comprises 55% fluorophlogopite mica and 45% borosilicate glass. Cornings unique
production process results in Macors microstructure that is a key to its versatile properties.

General properties
MACOR offers a unique combination of properties, unlike any other technical material.
It is a white, nonwetting, odorless and non outgassing material that exhibits zero porosity.
Extremely machinable, MACOR offers tight tolerances capabilities,
allowing complicated shape design (optimal performances up to
+/- 0.013 mm for dimensions, < 0.5 m for finished surface and
up to 0.013 m for polished surface).
MACOR remains continuously stable at 800 C, with a maximum
peak at 1000 C under no load, and unlike ductile materials, doesnt
creep or deform.
Its coefficient of thermal expansion readily matches most metals
and sealing glasses.
As an electric insulator, particularly at high temperatures, it is
excellent at high voltages and a broad spectrum of frequencies.

Material Forms
Corning supplies MACOR as slab and rod.
High precision finished parts are manufactured by our specialist partners.

Key
Benefits

Product
Easily machinable
Withstands high temperatures
Low thermal conductivity

Process
Short production process
Raw
Material

Machining

Finished
parts shipment

Holds tight tolerances

Electrical insulator

Ordinary machining tools

Zero porosity and no outgassing

Complex design shapes

Strong & rigid

No post firing required

Highly polishable

Fast turnaround and cost effective

can be soldered to a wide range of material

Quick end-user delivery time

Radiation resistant
Lead free

Unrivalled properties combination - A wide range of possibilities

Quickly - Accurately - Economically

Industry Applications
MACOR builds value in every field :
Constant and ultra-high vacuum
environments

Fixtures

Laser technology

Automobile

Semiconductor / Electronic

Military

Aerospace / Space

Nuclear...

Medical/ Laboratory equipment

Chemical

Properties

I. Thermal

II. Mechanical
SI/Metric

Imperial

Coefficient of Expansion
CTE -100C 25C

81 x 10-7 /C

45 x 10-7 /F

Density
Porosity

CTE 25C 300C

90 x 10-7 /C

50 x 10-7 /F

Youngs Modulus, 25C

CTE 25C 600C

112 x 10 /C

62 x 10-7 /F

CTE 25C 800C

123 x 10-7 /C

68 x 10-7 /F

-7

(Modulus of Elasticity)

Poissons Ratio
Shear Modulus, 25C

Specific Heat, 25C

0,79 kJ/kgC

0.19 Btu/lbF

Thermal Conductivity, 25C

1,46 W/mC

10.16 Btu.in/hr.ftF

7,3 x 10-7 m/s

0.028 ft/hr

Continuous Operating Temperature

800C

1472F

Compressive Strength

Maximum No Load Temperature

1000C

1832F

(After polishing)

Thermal Diffusivity, 25C

Knoop Hardness, 100g

Imperial
157 lbs/ft3
0%

66,9 GPa

9.7 x 106 PSI

0,29

0.29

25,5 GPa

3.7 x 106 PSI

250 kg/mm2

Modulus of Rupture, 25C

(Flexural Strength)

SI/Metric
2,52 g/cm3
0%

94 MPa

13 600 PSI

(Minimum specified average value)

345 MPa

49 900 PSI

up to 900 MPa

130 000 PSI

III. Electrical
SI/Metric

Imperial

6,01
5,64

6.01
5.64

0,0040
0,0025

0.0040
0.0025

45 kV/mm

1143 V/mil

129 kV/mm

3277 V/mil

10 Ohm.cm

1017 Ohm.cm

Dielectric Constant, 25C

1 kHz
8,5 GHz
Loss Tangent, 25C
1 kHz
8,5 GHz
Dielectric Strength (AC) avg.
25C, under 0,03 mm thickness.

Dielectric Strength (DC) avg.

25C, under 0,03 mm thickness

DC Volume Resistivity, 25C

17

IV. Chemical
pH

Time

Temp.

Weight Loss
(mg/cm2)
Gravimetric

(Hydrochloric Acid)

0,1

24 hrs

95C

~100

0,002 N HNO3
(Nitric Acid)

2,8

24 hrs

95C

~0,6

0,1 N NaHCO3

8,4

24 hrs

95C

~0,3

0,02 N Na2CO3

10,9

6 hrs

95C

~0,1

13,2

6 hrs

95C

~10

Solution
5% HCl

(Sodium Bicarbonate)
(Sodium Carbonate)

5% NaOH
(Sodium Hydroxide)

Chemical durability
DIN 12111 / NF ISO 719

Class
Water

HGB2

DIN 12116

Acid

DIN 52322 / ISO 695

Alkali

A3

0
-100
00

10,1

10,1

65

65

9,4

9,4

60

60

8,7

8,7

55

8,0

55

50

50

7,2

45

45

6,5

0
0 -100
00 100 0 200100 300200 400300 500400 600500 700600 800700

40

40
1000

800

200
100

1,40
1,30
1,20
1,10
1,00

26 100

26 100

1,70

160

23 200

23 200

140

140

20 300

20 300

120

120

17 400

17 400

100

14 500

Minimum specified
Minimum
average
specified
value
average
: 94 MPa
value : 94 MPa
80

11 600

1,60
1,50
1,40
1,30
1,20
1,10

100
80
60

300
200

400
300

500
400

600
500

700
600

800
700

40

40

5 800

5 800

20

20

2 900

2 900

800

0
1000

9
7

13
11
9

400
300

500
400

600
500

700
600

0
800

0,1
0,01

10
1 KHz
KHz

1 KHz
200 Hz

10 KHz

200 Hz

100 KHz

100 KHz

0,1
0,01
0,001

0,0001
50 0 100 50150 100200 150250 200300 250350 300400 350450 400500 450

500

Temperature,
Temperature,
C
C

DIELECTRIC
DIELECTRIC
CONSTANT
CONSTANT
40

35

35

30

30

Dielectric Constant

Dielectric Constant

0,0001
500

Temperature,
Temperature,
C
C

40

10

0,001

5
50 0 100 50150 100200 150250 200300250350 300400 350450 400500 450

10

Loss Tangent

15

300
200

LOSS TANGENT
LOSS TANGENT

Loss Tangent

11

200
100

0
800
700

8 700

Temperature,
Temperature,
C
C

17

Log , Ohm.cm

Log , Ohm.cm

17

25
20
15
10
5

1K
KHz
200 Hz

1K
KHz
10
10
0 KHz
K
0 KHz
K

200 Hz

Actual properties of specific production

25

batches may vary.

20

Stated general properties reflect results

15

from regular tests on sample

10

100 KHz

100 KHz

0
0

0
50 0 100 50150 100200 150250 200300250350 300400 350450 400500 450

Temperature,
Temperature,
C
C

500

11 600

8 700

0
200
100

14 500

60

19

13

5,8
800

180

DC VOLUME
DC VOLUME
RESISTIVITY
RESISTIVITY

15

5,8
800
700

MODULUS
MODULUS
OF RUPTURE
OF RUPTURE

Temperature,
Temperature,
C
C

19

700
600

160

1,00
1000

600
500

180

Strength, MPa

1,50

500
400

6,5

1,80

Strength, MPa

1,60

THERMAL
THERMAL
CONDUCTIVITY
CONDUCTIVITY
Thermal Conductivity, W/mC

Thermal Conductivity, W/mC

1,70

400
300

7,2

Temperature,
Temperature,
C
C

Temperature,
Temperature,
C
C

1,80

300
200

8,0

quantities in Corning labs.

Strength, PSI

8
6

70

E x 106, PSI

10

YOUNGS
YOUNGS
MODULUS
MODULUS

Strength, PSI

70

E, GPa

10

12

E, GPa

THERMAL
THERMAL
EXPANSION
EXPANSION
Thermal Expansion, L/L0 x 10-3

Thermal Expansion, L/L0 x 10-3

12

E x 106, PSI

Technical
Data

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