What is technical ceramics?
Technical ceramics is any ceramic compound developed for showing very specific properties to meet the unique needs of demanding applications. These include ceramic materials used in air, biomedical and high -performance mechanical applications. There are special properties of high levels of resistance to extreme temperatures and abrasion achieved by adding oxides and nonoxides such as alumina, ceria and boride to conventional ceramic bases. In some cases, ceramic particles and composites of reinforced fibers may also be used as technical ceramic compounds. Technical ceramic materials can be used to produce solid, one -piece castings or can be applied to existing products as a high -performance coating.
Ceramics is one of the oldest artificial materials, with objects of ceramics reaching back for 27,000 years, giving some idea of the longevity of human connection with the material. Basically, the ceramics of inorganic compounds areCrystalline oramorphic nature consisting of the exposure of raw materials to extreme heat, followed by a natural, unforced cooling process. Although ceramics are in countless forms from cups of coffee to floor tiles, there are four widely accepted material classification. It is structural ceramics such as pipes and tiles, refractory ceramics including furnace lining, white, such as dishes and high -performance technical ceramics.
These groups are technical ceramics of the most demanding and demanding in the most demanding applications. Applications include Shield Shield Shield Shield, cones with ballistic missiles and turbine blades in jet engines. High -performance bearings, gas burners and some vest inserts are also produced from technical ceramics. Biomedical implants such as dental bridge. These highly taxing applications require ceramic compoundsThey had an extreme level of mechanical integrity, remaining sterile and structurally stable.
Most technical ceramic compounds begin as a conventional ceramic base and are filled with their eventual specialized characteristics by adding other elements. These include oxides such as alumina, zirconia and ceria, or nenoxides including carbide, boride and nitride. Technical ceramic materials can also be created by creating composites of conventional ceramics with particles or fiber amplification. These additives and composite elements effectively create specific groups of crystalline ceramic structures in base material that lend to final products their excellent performance. Items requiring unique properties of technical ceramics can be made as solid castings or coated with a layer of ceramic material.