Properties of Ceramics
Learn about the characteristics of various types of ceramics along with their uses.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Properties of Ceramics
Chapter 1: Properties of Ceramics
The word ceramics is derived from the Greek word, Keramos, meaning burnt stuff. Ceramics are inorganic, nonmetallic materials that are processed at high temperatures. Ceramics can also be defined as any, hard, brittle, heat, and corrosion-resistant material made from a nonmetallic mineral by shaping and then firing that mineral at a high temperature. Ceramics are insulative to electricity and heat.
This handbook discusses various types of ceramics along with their uses.
Composition of Ceramics
All ceramics are made up of carbides, halides, phosphates, nitrides, and metallic oxides. Few examples of each of these ceramics are:
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Ceramics made up of carbides: Zinc Carbide, Boron Carbide, Chromium Carbide, Hafnium Carbide, Molybdenum Carbide, and Niobium Carbide.
to view the properties of ceramics made up of carbides.
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Ceramics made up of halides: Copper Bromide, Copper Chloride, Copper Iodide, Magnesium Fluoride, Silver Bromide, and Silver Iodide.
to view the properties of ceramics made up of halides.
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Ceramics made up of phosphates: Aluminum Antimonide Phosphate, Aluminum Arsenide Phosphate, Aluminum Phosphide, Calcium Lanthanum Sulfide, Strontium Lanthanum Sulfide, and Zinc Silicon Phosphide.
to view the properties of ceramics made up of phosphates.
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Ceramics made up of nitrides: Aluminum Nitride, Boron Nitride, Gallium Nitride, Indium Nitride, Silicon Nitride, and Titanium Nitride.
to view the properties of ceramics made up of nitrides.
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Ceramics made up of metallic oxides: Aluminum Oxide, Magnesium Oxide, Silicon Oxide, Titanium Oxide, and Zirconium Oxide.
to view the properties of ceramics made up of metallic oxides.
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