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GENERAL OVERVIEW

Silicon Carbide’s robust properties – such as its abilities to withstand high temperatures, weights and aggressive environments – makes it the perfect material for extreme applications. For these reasons, customers and industries are constantly coming to us with new products and solutions that they want manufacturing out of Silicon Carbide.

IPS Ceramics has both an expert design/technical team and a robust manufacturing base, meaning that we are perfectly positioned to design, develop, prototype, and manufacture bespoke Silicon Carbide products for a range of applications.

Whether you have an issue which you think might need a ceramic solution, an initial design which needs further development, or a finished design that you need manufacturing, IPS Ceramics has the expertise and resources to fulfil your Silicon Carbide requirements.

To start the development process, simply email enq@ipsceramics.com with details of your application, requirements and any designs you might have. We shall ensure that it forwards to the right department and reply to you as soon as possible.

SILICON CARBIDE VARIATIONS

IPS Ceramics supplies all the principal types of Silicon Carbide. Our main variations and their specifications can be seen below:

SiSiC/RBSiC (Silicon Infiltrated) OSiC (Oxide Bonded) NSiC (Fine Nitride Bonded) NSiC (Coarse Nitride Bonded) Sintered (SSiC) Recrystaised (ReSiC)
Max. Service Temp. 1350°C /
2450°F
1400°C /
2550°F
1450°C /
2650°F
1450°C /
2650°F
1600°C /
2900°F
1650°C /
3000°F
Bulk Density 3.1 g/cm³ 2.7 g/cm³ 2.8 g/cm³ 2.7 g/cm³ 3.1 g/cm³ 2.7 g/cm³
Open Porosity <0.5% 8% 13% 15% <0.5% 15%
Modulus of Rupture (@ Room Temp.) 250 MPa 30 MPa 160 MPa 35 MPa 400 MPa 90 MPa
Thermal Conductivity 45 W/mK 15 W/mK 15 W/mK 15 W/mK 70 W/mK 25 W/mK
Thermal Expansion (20-1000°C) 4.5 x10⁻⁶/K 4.5 x10⁻⁶/K 4.7 x10⁻⁶/K 4.7 x10⁻⁶/K 4.0 x10⁻⁶/K 4.8 x10⁻⁶/K

All figures are typical figures determined using laboratory test pieces and might not always be an accurate representation of production item.

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