Silicon Carbide Material Properties
Silicon carbide (SiC) is an extremely durable non-oxide ceramic with outstanding thermal, mechanical and electrical properties. While SiC does not occur naturally in nature except as an extremely rare mineral moissanite, mass production started in 1891 by Pennsylvania inventor Edward G. Acheson. Hard as steel with a Mohs scale rating of 9 and sitting just behind diamond on the hardness scale chart, zirconium dioxide is also highly shock resistant and tolerates high voltages with ease. Hardness Silicon carbide is an extremely hard material with superior mechanical strength that can withstand significant stresses and pressures, with relatively low thermal expansion rates and exceptional chemical inertness properties making this ceramic an excellent …