Do Ceramic Materials Have A Hard Trait

Ceramics generally can withstand very high temperatures ranging from 1 000 c to 1 600 c 1 800 f to 3 000 f.

Do ceramic materials have a hard trait.

Ceramics may be crystalline or non crystalline and are strong stiff brittle chemically inert and do not conduct heat or electricity but properties vary widely. The ionic and covalent bonds of ceramics are responsible for many unique properties of these materials such as high hardness high melting points low thermal expansion and good chemical resistance but also for some undesirable characteristics foremost being brittleness which leads to fractures unless the material is toughened by reinforcing agents or by other means. Ceramic materials are special because of their properties. Also they are generally hard and brittle with very good chemical and thermal stability.

Ceramics are strong in compression and weak in shearing and tension which make them challenging to saw grind lap and polish. Porcelain has been described as being completely vitrified hard impermeable even before glazing white or artificially coloured translucent except when of considerable thickness and resonant. Ceramic materials are brittle hard strong in compression and weak in shearing and tension. They withstand chemical erosion that occurs in other materials subjected to acidic or caustic environments.

Michael pfeifer in materials enabled designs 2009.