Ceramic Engine

Material Science 3344

Dr. PeelBy:

Jaime Niño Jr.

Ceramic components of Engine

Diesel fuel injectors Turbo charge rotors PSS glow plugs Rocker arm tips Valves Swirl Chambers

Advantages Of The Ceramic Engine

Temperature A ceramic cylinder will operate at the

highest temperature combustion of 3000K.

Efficient The low friction ceramic doesn’t need to

cool the engine walls. This also means that no part of the energy available from the fuel is wasted to heat the atmosphere.

Examples of Ceramic Materials

Silicon nitride used in engines and as a semiconductor in

transistors Boron carbide

used in some helicopter and tank armor. Ferrite

used in the core of electrical transformers. Uranium oxide

used as fuel in nuclear reactors.

Other Applications Of Ceramics

Drilling Tips Drill bit

Chip Control Molded

Chipbreakers Ground

References

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/c/ce/ceramics.htm

http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/WofMatE/ceramics.htm http://global.kyocera.com/prdct/tool/ceratip/index.html http://global.kyocera.com/application/automotive/auto_engine/tu

rbo.html http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1614/ceramic.html#Hi

story http://www.calmis.ca.gov/file/occguide/ENGCERAM.HTM

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