General

Ceramics have accompanied the human race for thousands of years. Ceramics are one of the first materials that our ancestors were able
to work with. The first pieces of pottery may not have looked as good as present day ceramics, but their similarity is undeniable. Which
properties are responsible for making these materials so popular and prevalent in the present day and age? Those which are relevant
today are listed as follows:

  • Highest mechanical strength
  • Greatest hardness
  • Superior wear and abrasion resistance
  • Chemical inertness
  • Minimal porosity;
  • High thermal conductivity
  • Thermal strength (heat resistance)
  • High electrical resistance
  • Low dielectric losses
  • Fine and ultra-fine grain sizes which enable an excellent surface polish to be achieved.

Their properties have been researched and are ostensibly well known, but can we be absolutely certain that these truly remarkable
materials have been researched in their entirety? New research indicates that under certain conditions, ceramics exhibit rare and valuable
properties such as superconductivity. Perhaps in the foreseeable future our society will concern itself with areas of application which
currently cannot be envisaged? Who can say?

The properties of ceramics which are known and which we use today, are listed in the Internatonal standard IEC 60672-3. You can
download them here, then select the material which is suitable and send us an inquiry for the products which you want to be manufactured.