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exhibiting a stress-strain behavior best
characterized as perfectly elastic.
Hardness and elastic modulus for many of
Properties the new ceramics are greater than those of
metals. Stiffness and hardness of
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a The ceramic material chemically dissociates or, in the case of traditional ceramics and glasses are
diamond and graphite, sublimes (vaporizes), rather than melts.
b Glass, being noncrystalline, does not melt at a specific melting point. significantly less than for new ceramics.
Instead, it gradually exhibits fluid properties with increasing
temperature. It becomes liquid at around 1400C (2550F).
Most ceramic materials are lighter than
metals and heavier than polymers.
Melting temperatures are higher than for
most metals, some ceramics preferring to
decompose rather than melt.
Traditional
pressuring (molding) and firing at
relatively low temperatures
Ceramic Refractories
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