SiC fine Ceramic Powders – SIKA® TECH
Taking advantage of the excellent characteristics of Silicon Carbide, such as chemical inertness at all temperatures, resistance to thermal shock and abrasion hardness and sinterability, the Technical Ceramics industry has developed a wide range of applications based on Silicon Carbide. The main applications for SiC based ceramics are kiln furniture, burner nozzles, sliding earings, process components for the Semiconductor industry, passive armor for the Security and Defense industries, seal rings and Diesel Particulate Filters for the Industrial and Automotive industries.
| SiC-based ceramic components can be manufactured using several processes:
• Nitride-bonded SiC
• Reaction bonded SiC
• Re-crystallized SiC
• Solid-state sintered SiC
• Liquid-phase sintered SiC
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Through our product range SIKA® TECH, Saint-Gobain has been a pioneer in the development of SiC powders and ready-to-press granules for the production of technical ceramics and composite materials.
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Saint-Gobain offers powders with varying purity levels and particle sizes down to the sub-micron range, which are specifically designed to provide very high density, excellent oxidation resistance, superior hardness, high strength and high thermal shock resistance.
In addition to the powders, Saint-Gobain also offers ready-to-press (RTP) granules based on fine powders with specific surface areas typically ranging from 10 to
15 m2/g, sintering additives and temporary binders.
Special tailor-made Powders and RTP granules are available on request.
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Innovation in Fine Ceramic Powders
Saint-Gobain’s Silicon Carbide department is dedicating significant research into developing new solutions for the Technical Ceramics industry. A number of new applications are currently emerging for Silicon Carbide, in such fields as automotive emissions control (Diesel Particulate Filters), corrosive fluid control, wear resistance, passive armor and energy-efficient technologies in the petrochemical industry.
We co-develop new products with our customers, making available to them our capabilities in characterization of green or sintered bodies, and advising them on their own manufacturing processes. Each major co-development program we undertake with our customers is protected by customer-specific, strict confidentiality rules.
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Available datasheets
SiC powder for recrystallized or nitride bonded applications:
SIKA® UNIKILN: FCP05 / FCP07 / 100F
SiC powder for reaction bonded applications:
SIKA® TECH: GC07 / GC13 / GC18
SiC fine powder for solid-state and liquid-phase sintering applications:
SIKA® SINTEX: 10C / 13 / 13C / 15 / 15C / 20C
SiC ready-to-press granules for solid-state sintering applications:
SIKA® DENSITEC: 13 / 15
SiC ready-to-press granules for liquid-phase sintering applications:
SIKA® DENSITEC-L
SiC ready-to-press granules for hot-press sintering applications:
SIKA® DENSITEC-H: 13
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