Ceramic Manufacturing Types and Terms
Industrial Ceramics Types
- Ceramic armor is an extremely hard nonmetal body having good fracture toughness, extreme wear and corrosion resistance and a high capacity to absorb ballistic impacts.
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are smooth, lightweight and high tolerance, leading to an increased
maximum rotational speed.
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are extremely reliable and hardy, and are often made from alumina ceramics
or Steatite.
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are, although expensive, able to give coated objects a life of up to
10 times longer.
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are raw ceramics mixed with other materials to achieve desired properties.
Ceramic composites can be significantly stronger and more resistant
to damage.
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are used for a wide variety of applications, because of very good electrical
conductivity.
- involves
the design and manufacture of ceramic precision components.
- are
companies that make ceramic materials.
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are solid, cylindrical ceramic products.
- Ceramic spacers provide equal and constant spacing between materials or objects.
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are hollow, cylindrical ceramic products, often available with single
or multiple bores.
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are used for their high abrasion, temperature and corrosion resistance.
Industrial Ceramics Types
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The act of one material adhering to another. In the case of clay and water,
water is held on the surface of clay by a loose bonding force.
- A property meaning
that something does not have a regular structure. Glass (www.glass-fabricators.com)
is an example of an amorphous material, as a result of its being cooled
too rapidly to form a crystalline structure.
- A characteristic
of an object.
- Unglazed, fired clay.
- A distortion caused
by moving gases when the firing process occurs too rapidly.
- A term for the mechanical
mixing of clay slurry.
- The point at
which, during firing, the clay becomes ceramic.
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The measurement of the length change of ceramic materials under temperature
change. Ceramics expand while heating and contract while cooling.
- The process
of changing a thick clay slurry into a thinner, pourable substance by
adding small amounts of liquid or powder to the mixture.
- The crystallizing
of a ceramic melt during cooling, which results in a "matte"
finish.
- The cracking that
results from a fired object being cooled too quickly.
- The lowest temperature
at which two materials will melt together.
- The act of maturing
the clay by heating inside a kiln.
- A process that
thickens liquid slurry into a gel in order to avoid drips and improve
suspension.
- A material that is added
to a mix in order to lower the melting temperature of the whole.
- The liquid covering
that is applied to bisque or greenware, which produces a hard, glassy
surface.
- Clay objects that
have not yet been fired.
- A high temperature furnace
or oven, which is used to fire ceramics.
- The point at which
ceramics have had the correct amount of firing.
- A permanent form that
is used to press clay into a shape in preparation for firing.
- A term for the amount
of pores, or empty spaces, within a material.
- A material's
ability to endure heat without deforming.
- Heating clay to
the point at which it will no longer break down when exposed to water.
- The volume change
in a material that results from a sudden shift in temperature.
- The point during
firing at which clay particles will turn into glassy melts, forming glass.