Ceramics

What this is

Hard, heat-resistant materials such as oxides, carbides and nitrides.

They survive temperatures that melt metals, which makes them important for heat shields and engines. Their weakness is brittleness.

Collections

Grades of one kind compared side by side.

• Technical ceramics: Technical ceramics (alumina, silicon carbide, silicon nitride): strength, stiffness and temperature data with sources.

Types

Pick a type to see its materials.

What matters

The measurements we use to compare ceramics. Each one has a standard test and a direction: is higher or lower better?

Materials