Silicon Carbide Ceramics: Properties & アプリケーション

Excellent properties and application fields of 炭化ケイ素 陶芸

As a high-performance structural ceramic material, silicon carbide ceramics have excellent comprehensive properties that are unmatched by structural materials such as metals:

(1) 高温強度, 小さな高温クリープ, suitable for various high temperature environments.

(2) 低熱膨張係数, 高い熱伝導率, and excellent thermal shock resistance.

(3) High chemical stability and excellent corrosion resistance.

(4) 高硬度, 低摩擦係数, excellent wear resistance.

(5) 低密度, high elastic modulus.

(6) The resistivity characteristics can be tailored and can be used as semiconductor characteristics, so it can be widely used in many fields.

炭化ケイ素 ceramics are usually used as high-temperature kiln furniture materials in roller kilns, tunnel kilns, and shuttle kilns in high-grade daily ceramics, sanitary porcelain, high-voltage electric porcelain, glass and other industries.

Silicon carbide ceramics have outstanding high temperature strength, excellent high temperature creep resistance and thermal shock resistance, and are one of the main materials for heat engine components in rockets, aircraft, automobile engines and gas turbines.

例えば, the AGT100 automotive ceramic gas turbine developed by General Motors uses silicon carbide ceramics as high-temperature components such as combustion chamber rings, combustion chamber cylinders, guide vanes and turbine rotors.

Silicon carbide ceramics are also considered to be one of the most promising high-performance bulletproof armor materials. The hardness of silicon carbide is second only to diamond and boron carbide.

近年, silicon carbide ceramic bulletproof armor has been more and more widely used in armor protection fields such as individual soldier equipment, army armored weapon platforms, armed helicopters, police and civilian special vehicles.

Silicon carbide ceramic materials have excellent mechanical, 熱の, chemical and physical properties. They are not only widely used in traditional industrial fields, but also in high-tech fields such as semiconductors, 核エネルギー, and national defense. The application is also expanding, and the application prospect is very broad.
When these properties meet a cutting tool, the challenges outlined in our silicon carbide cutting guide are what typically appear.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the key properties of silicon carbide ceramics?

Extreme hardness (second only to diamond among common ceramics), excellent high-temperature strength, low thermal expansion, and strong corrosion and wear resistance.

Where are silicon carbide ceramics used?

Typical applications include mechanical seal rings, kiln furniture, armor plates, semiconductor process components and wear parts in harsh chemical environments.

Technical content reviewed by the Ensoll engineering team — a diamond wire loop manufacturer with 10+ years of production experience.