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Properties and applications of silicon carbide ceramics

Silicon carbide ceramics is a kind of silicon carbide (SiC) as the main component of the ceramic material, with excellent mechanical properties at room temperature and high temperature mechanical properties, including high bending strength, excellent oxidation resistance, good corrosion resistance, high wear resistance and low friction coefficient. The high temperature strength of this material can be maintained to 1600 ° C, which is the best high temperature strength of known ceramic materials.

 

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The following is a brief introduction to the properties and applications of silicon carbide ceramics

 

(1) Performance

 

Silicon carbide ceramics have the best oxidation resistance among carbides. However, between 1000 and 1140 ° C, the oxidation rate of SiC in the air is larger. It can be broken down by molten alkali.

 

Silicon carbide ceramics have good chemical stability, high mechanical strength and thermal shock resistance.

 

 

The volume resistivity of silicon carbide does not change much in the range of 1000~1500℃, and this characteristic can be used as a resistance heating element material. Silicon carbide heating resistance itself can also be called thermistor or semiconductor resistance. The resistivity of different types of silicon carbide thermistors varies with temperature.

 

(2) Application

 

Silicon carbide ceramics are widely used in various industrial fields, and its uses are as follows:

 

Industrial Working environment Application Principal advantage
oil industry High temperature, high hydraulic pressure, grinding Nozzles, bearings, seals, valves

 

wear-resisting
chemical industry strong acid,  strong alkali Seals, bearings, pump parts, heat exchangers

 

Wear resistance, corrosion resistance, air tightness
high temperature oxidation Gasification pipeline, thermocouple sleeve High temperature corrosion resistance
Cars & Planes Engine combustion Burner components, turbocharger rotor Low friction, high strength, low inertial load
Cars & Engines engine oil Valve series element Low friction, wear resistance
Machinery, Mining grinding Borax nozzle, lining, pump parts wear-resisting
paper industry pulp, waste liquid Seal, casing, bearing, forming plate Wear resistance, corrosion resistance, low friction
heat treatment smelting steel high-temperature gas Thermocouple bushing, radiation tube, heat exchanger, combustion element Wear resistance, corrosion resistance, air tightness

 

 

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