MOST MANUFACTURERS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE MANY UNIQUE ADVANTAGES ZIRCONIA OFFERS COMPARED TO METALS. A LOW COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION, HIGH HARDNESS, AND CHEMICAL INERTNESS MAKE ZIRCONIA A MORE RESISTANT MATERIAL TO ABRASIVE AND CORROSIVE WEAR THAN HARDENED STEEL. IN ADDITION, ZIRCONIA OFFERS HIGH STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS AT TEMPERATURES THAT WOULD SIMPLY DESTROY CONVENTIONAL METAL OR EVEN CERAMIC COMPONENTS. ZIRCONIA ALSO HAS UNIQUE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES WHERE ITS ABILITY FOR IONIC CONDUCTION IS AN ADVANTAGE. BECAUSE OF THESE SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES, ZIRCONIA SUCCESSFULLY REPLACES TOOL STEEL IN CERTAIN APPLICATIONS AND OPERATES IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE METALS OR OTHER CERAMICS WOULD NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE MATERIAL OPTION.
| Number of Pages : | 12 |
| Published : | 06/01/1991 |
