Ceramic Porous Material

Some elements such as carbon or silicon may be considered ceramics ceramic materials are brittle hard strong in compression and weak in shearing and tension.

Ceramic porous material.

Up to 1000c for porous ceramic limited only by sealants gaskets and or hardware materials. Combining tightly toleranced pores with unique ceramic material properties enables applications not feasible before. Ceramic foam is an important part of porous ceramics and the open cell type of ceramic foam which is a new type of highly porous ceramics has a three dimensional reticulated structure with connective pores resulting in great specific surface area high fluid contact efficiency and a small loss of fluid pressure 26 27. A ceramic material is an inorganic non metallic often crystalline oxide nitride or carbide material.

Custom coorstek porous ceramics can be tailored from 0 1 100 µm with precision tolerances and a variety of ceramic material options. Porous ceramics are resistant to most acids except for hydrofluoric acid and phosphoric acid. In alkaline solutions porous ceramics are resistant up to ph9. It is also resistant to organic solvents.

Porous ceramics are categorized as those ceramics having high percentage porosity between 20 and 95. Uniquely porous these ceramic materials contain open cell structures that allow the free flow of liquid or gas. Porous ceramics can replace metal plastic or fiber based components providing equal or higher levels of performance and extending the useful component life under harsh conditions.