Processing and Applications of Composite Ceramic Materials for Emerging Technologies

Abstract

Ceramics are a material that has been used for hundreds of years. The uses range from pottery to complicated aerospace components. They are valued for their toughness, strength, resilience to wear, electrical and thermal insulation, and chemical durability. Furthermore, these materials have a variety of unique optical, chemical, electrical, magnetic, mechanical, and thermal properties, making them suitable for contemporary investigations and developing technologies in medicine, aerospace, communications, electronics, energy, transportation, and chemical manufacturing. There are numerous processing methods for creating ceramic matrix composites. These approaches include the powder metallurgy, sol-gel method, freeze-casting, additive manufacturing, hot pressing and hot isostatic pressing (HIP), and slip-casting processes. This chapter focused on discussing how the different processing methods of ceramic composites have been employed in their manufacturing for various industrial applications.