Silicon Carbide Ceramic Plate is one of the lightest, hardest, and strongest technical ceramic materials on the market today. This material offers acid resistance as well as alkali resistance with excellent thermal distribution properties and low thermal expansion coefficient.
Chemshun reaction-sintered SiC ceramic bulletproof plate is an extremely wear-resistant material suitable for body armor linings, vehicle armorings and ship armoring applications. Furthermore, this wear resistant material offers strong abrasive and coarse particle protection as well as classification concentration dehydration dehydration sealing parts – providing a secure defense system in every aspect.
Durability
Silicon Carbide (SiC) is an advanced ceramic composed of silicon and carbon. While naturally found as moissanite mineral, it has been mass produced since 1893 in powder or crystal form for use as applications requiring high endurance such as car brakes, clutches, bulletproof vest ceramic plates or as an abrasive deoxidizer.
Silicon carbide ceramic plate’s durability makes it an excellent choice for military-grade armor applications such as protective gear and armored vehicles. Although among the hardest known materials, it remains lightweight while providing multi-threat protection from acid corrosion as well as good thermal conductivity and low thermal expansion rates.
Silicon carbide plates outshone aluminum alloy in most tests against threats at levels III+ and IV threats, thanks to their superior ballistic performance against bullets and fragments with their higher hardness that allowed for bullets to pass through more easily, thus decreasing energy requirements for penetration. Furthermore, SiC has excellent energy dissipation values and can withstand repeated impacts with ease.
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Corrosion resistance
Silicon carbide is one of the hardest materials on Earth, second only to diamond and cubic boron nitride. With exceptional resistance against abrasion and corrosion, silicon carbide makes an excellent material choice for fluid control systems that handle highly acidic liquids or gases. Furthermore, its thermal stability and low thermal expansion properties reduce deformation caused by temperature variations.
Chemshun specializes in manufacturing silicon carbide plates through various processes, such as hot pressing, HIP and reaction-bonded sintering. These processes create green body which can then be formed into any desired plate shape before sintered for use in applications ranging from mining and petrochemical industries to high pressure areas such as seawater. Silicon carbide plates offer many advantages over their ceramic counterparts in terms of corrosion resistance.
Silicon carbide plates have the capacity to withstand extremely high temperatures due to silica’s high melting point; this enables the ceramic material to remain intact even in highly heated environments like those present in petrochemical processing plants.
Silicon carbide’s strong mechanical properties make it an excellent material for mechanical seals. Furthermore, its exceptional abrasive resistance makes it suitable for spray nozzles, shot blast nozzles and cyclone components; with its superior resistance against impact abrasion and wear-and-tear, silicon carbide ceramic can protect equipment surfaces while prolonging its lifespan.
High thermal conductivity
Silicon carbide boasts excellent thermal conductivity, making it suitable for many different applications. Due to its ability to retain strength at elevated temperatures, silicon carbide is often chosen for wafer tray supports and paddles in semiconductor furnaces, while its resistance to chemical attack and thermal shock also makes it suitable for electrical components like thermistors and varistors.
Solid-phase sintered SiC is an extremely hard and durable ceramic with excellent corrosion resistance, with exceptional mechanical properties making it a popular choice for applications involving cut-off wheels or grinding wheels, refractory materials, automotive components, insulation plates or wear resistant ceramic liners in ball mills. As silicon carbide remains semiconductor at room temperature its mechanical properties remain almost unaltered at high temperatures making it a valuable refractory material and wear resistant material – which make solid-phase sintered SiC an indispensable wear resistant material refractory material!
Reaction-sintered (SISIC) and refractory grade silicon carbide offers exceptional flexural strength of 400 MPa and compressive strength exceeding 2200 MPa, making it the perfect material for wear resistant components such as industrial ball mill liners, mechanical seals, and shot blast nozzles.
Silica fume ceramic membrane tubes created through high-temperature sintering can clarify, separate, concentrate and purify fluids via pressure-driven flow for gas and liquid filtration applications. SiC boat brackets, an essential component in ceramic sintering kilns used for transporting wafers to diffusion furnaces for coating purposes are another highly useful element that help maximize space utilization while increasing capacity in these kilns.
Strength
Silicon carbide is one of the strongest technical ceramic materials on the market, boasting high temperature resistance and corrosion protection from acids. Due to its strength and chemical resistance, silicon carbide makes a suitable material for numerous applications ranging from heat exchangers and electronics manufacturing processes, to wear protection at high temperatures, as well as protection from thermal expansion coefficient expansion or oxidation under high temperatures.
Silicon carbide ceramic plates provide superior ballistic protection over aluminum alloy. Their density may be lower, yet ceramic’s higher ballistic efficiency helps compensate for this difference. Furthermore, nitride-bonded silicon carbide provides outstanding resistance against high energy impacts that could otherwise cause severe damage to other materials like metallurgical steels.
Ballistic tests involved measuring the difference in penetration depth between ceramics and aluminum alloy using a differential efficiency factor (DEF). This factor was calculated by multiplying the difference in penetration depth by total kinetic energy dissipated by ceramic. Table 6 presents results of these tests.
Saint-Gobain Performance Ceramics’ Torso Plates utilize bonded silicon carbide for enhanced protection in Level III and III+ scenarios, available both as multi and single curve plates that can be personalized to suit specific armor needs. They utilize advanced technologies, including UHMWPE molding and super-strong Silicon Carbide ceramic, to create lightweight yet comfortable and lightweight armor solutions.