Each ceramic material possesses its own benefits and weaknesses, and therefore the service in which a ceramic component is to be installed in must be reviewed thoroughly. Some of the factors that will affect ceramic performance (or may even cause disasterous failure) are:
Temperature swings
Chemical attack
Mechanical stresses or forces
Impingement angle
Severity of fluid erosion
Out of all the ceramic materials, Ceresist utilizes alumina and Hexoloy silicon carbide the most. We have found that high-alumina has superior resistance to corrosion and abrasion, and is a very cost-effective material when large or complex shapes are specified. Sintered silicon carbide is our choice for the toughest applications when an extremely high level of erosion resistance is required, and/or the ceramic material is to be installed in a severely corrosive environment.
