What is Silicon Nitride used for?
-Rotating ball bearings and rollers bearings
-Cutting tools
-Engine components: valves, rocker arm pads, and seal faces
-Induction heating coil supports
-Turbine blades, vanes, and buckets
-Welding and brazing jigs
-Heating Element components
-Crucibles
-Metal tube forming rolls and dies
-TIG / Plasma welding nozzles
-Weld positioners
-Precision shafts and axles in high
-wear environments
-Thermocouple sheaths and tubes
-Semiconductor Process Equipment
What are the advantages of Silicon Nitride?
Compared with other technical ceramics, the low thermal expansion coefficient of Silicon Nitride provides good thermal shock resistance. It is extremely hard, fracture-tough, surpasses the high temperature capabilities of most metals, and also has a superior oxidation resistance. As a consequence, silicon nitride can withstand the toughest conditions in the most demanding high-temperature and high-load applications.
What is the formula for Silicon Nitride?
The formula for silicon nitride is Si3N4.