Industrial Ceramic Materials Information
Description
Industrial ceramic materials are non-metallic, inorganic compounds that include oxides, carbides, or nitrides. They have high melting points, low wear resistance, and a wide range of electrical properties.
How Industrial Ceramics are Made
Industrial ceramics are made of minerals that are crushed and ground into a fine powder that is then added to a solution for purification. The chemical precipitate that forms is separated from this solution and heated to form a highly pure powder. After purification, small amounts of wax are added to bind the ceramic powder. Plastics may also be added to provide pliability.
Purified ceramic powder with wax or plastic additions can be shaped into different objects via molding processes such as slip casting, pressure casting, injection molding, and extrusion. After ceramics are molded, they are heated in a process known as densification for strengthening.
Types
The GlobalSpec SpecSearch database contains information about many different types of industrial ceramics. For example:
Machinable ceramics can be machined in the green, glass, or finished state without excessive chipping. Using metalworking tools, they can be formed into various shapes. Although the mechanical properties of machinable ceramics are less than those of engineering ceramics, machinable products do not require firing or grinding after machining.
Porous ceramics have many open or closed internal pores that provide a thermal barrier. Fused materials bond individual grains or crystals together without the use of binders. Instead, these ceramic materials are formed through sintering or firing, hot pressing or hipping, extrusion, fusing and casting, or deposition.
Refractory ceramics have high melting points and are suitable for applications requiring high wear resistance, high temperature strength, electrical or thermal insulation, or other specialized characteristics.
Structural ceramic materials that have higher compressive strengths and elastic moduli than metals.
Ceramic Applications
Industrial ceramic materials are used in a variety of applications. Examples include chemical and materials processing, electrical and high voltage power applications, radio frequency and microwave applications, and foundry and metal processing. Industrial ceramic materials are used to fabricate optical components such as lenses, windows, prisms, and optical fibers. They are also used in the manufacture of semiconductors and parts and tooling.
Read user Insights about Industrial Ceramic Materials
- Abrasive / Erosive Wear Protection
- Alumina / Aluminum Oxide
- Alumina-Zirconia
- Aluminum Nitride
- Armor / Ballistic Protection
- Bar Stock
- Beryllia / Beryllium Oxide
- Biotech / Medical (Biomaterial)
- Block
- Boron Carbide
- Boron Nitride
- Carbide Materials
- Ceramics / Glass Manufacturing
- Chemical / Materials Processing
- Coated
- Composite / Ceramic Matrix
- Cordierite
- Corrosion Protection
- Dielectric / Electrical Insulation
- Electrical / HV Parts
- Electronics / RF-Microwave
- Fabricated / Custom Shape
- Ferrule / Eyelet
- Filter / Diffuser
- Foundry / Metal Processing
- Glass Ceramic
- Granular Fill / Bed Media
- Hollow Particle / Shape
- Kiln Furniture / Support
- Machinable
- Metallized / Silvered
- Mullite
- Optics / Optical Grade
- Plate / Board (e.g., Fiberboard)
- Porous / Foam
- Powder / Aggregate (Grain / Grog)
- Quartz
- Refractory / High Temperature Materials
- Rod Stock
- Roller / Roll
- Sapphire
- SiAlON
- Silica / Silicate Materials
- Silicon Carbide
- Silicon Nitride
- Specialty Ceramic
- Spout / Nozzle (Launder Pouring / Atomization)
- Steatite
- Structural
- Thermal Insulation / Fire Proofing
- Tile
- Tube Stock
- Wafer / Substrate
- Wafer Carrier / Holder
- Wear Parts / Tooling
- Yttria
- Zircon
- Zirconia
- lead zirconate titanate
- structural ceramics
- sapphire wafer
- engineered ceramics
- fused alumina
- sapphire bearing
- sapphire rod
- spinel
- carbon nitride
- ceramic plate
- aluminum magnesium silicate
- aluminum nitride ceramic block
- ceramic bead
- ceramic coated wire
- ceramic filler
- chromium doped sapphire
- Cr:sapphire tube
- EFG sapphire
- industrial ceramic materials
- magnesium oxide MSDS
- neher mcgrath formula
- ruby boule
- ruby substrate
- sapphire coating glass
- silicon carbide slab
- silicon nitride plate
- tantalum nitride
- Ti:Sapphire crystal
- zirconium nitride
- heated industrial rollers