Wear Of Ceramics And Polymers

Compare metals polymers and ceramics on a chart or table using the following properties and the ratings low high and highest.

Wear of ceramics and polymers.

Silcarb manufactures high alumina ceramics from the range of 92 to 99 as with standard sizes and as per customer requirement. Ceramic fibers in cmcs can have a polycrystalline structure as in conventional ceramics. In polymers there are covalent bonds between the atoms of the polymer but the polymeric macromolecules or chains are kept together by van der waals forces. In bearing and wear applications polymers provide extensive advantages over metals by allowing for lower power motors for moving parts due to lower frictional properties of polymer wear components compared to metals.

The ceramic tiles we manufacture have high hardness good wear resistance high melting point high hardness and high mechanical strength. For this reason polymers are very elastic e g a rubber band can be easily melted and have low strength. Grit size effects in two and three body abrasive wear are observed for ceramics. Both free energy of oxide formation and the d valence bond character of metals are related to the friction and wear characteristics for metals in contact with ceramics.

Degradation of ceramics and polymers polymer and ceramics degradation is a change in the properties tensile strength color shape of a polymer or polymer based product under the influence of one or more environmental factors such as heat light or chemicals. Ceramic balls are also manufactured to substitute steel in ball bearings. These changes may be undesirable such as changes during use or desirable as in biodegradation or deliberately lowering. Polymers are strong and tough and often flexible.

Composite materials combine two or more materials. They also provide excellent electrical insulation properties. Both friction and wear of ceramics are anisotropic and relate to crystal structure as with metals. Density ductility hardness corrosion resistance hardness thermal conductivity electrical conductivity wear resistance.

Different materials have different properties. The lower wear rates allow for less maintenance related downtime. The low frictional properties provide for less wear as well. The higher hardness of ceramics explicates that these are slighter disposed to wear out and can be more durable that steel ball bearings.

The distortion phenomenon under load in ceramics is also reasonably small as compare to metals.