Materials

Advanced ceramics and refractories are at the forefront of modern engineering, offering unprecedented performance characteristics to meet and exceed strict parameters for success. Satisfying the most demanding functionalities – such as corrosion or deformation resistance, light-weighting, high-temperature strength, processing efficiency, and much more – demands the most advanced materials.

High-Performance Materials from Saint-Gobain

Saint-Gobain Performance Ceramics & Refractories is built on decades of expertise in cutting-edge materials science and manufacturing. Leveraging the latest bonding and forming techniques, we have developed a catalog of precision alloys based on the market’s leading high-performance materials. This enables us to provide fully functionalized solutions for routine applications and some of the world’s most challenging processing environments alike.

Our full range of high-performance materials includes both oxide and non-oxide ceramics:

material, silicon carbide, nitride bonded, chromium oxide, alumina oxide

Alumina (Al2O3)

Suppliers of aluminum oxide (alumina) ceramics which is the most popular fine ceramic.

CarboTherm™ Boron Nitride Powders | Saint-Gobain Boron Nitride

Boron Carbide (B4C)

Chromium Oxide (Cr2O3)

Saint-Gobain is a supplier of Chromium Oxide ceramics, often used as a refractory material.

Magnesia-carbon (MgO-C) bricks are a novel technology developed via advanced microstructural engineering.

Magnesia (MgO)

Magnesia (magnesium oxide, MgO) is a specialty ceramic with outstanding high-temperature performance, used primarily in thermal engineering, heating elements, crucibles, and refractory.

The products and solutions for kilns & furnaces under Saint-Gobain Ceramic Systems are designed and developed for many applications to facilitate consistent and long-term performance. Our products are designed to withstand high temperatures (up to 1.800°C) and severe operating conditions. Developed and manufactured to suit all types of kilns & furnaces that are typically used in various industry segments.

Mullite

Mullite or porcelainite is a rare silicate mineral formed during contact metamorphism of clay minerals.

Silicon Carbide (SiC)

Silicon carbide ceramics for a range of industries, including electronics.

Silicon Nitride (Si3N4)

Suppliers of Silicon Nitride (Si₃N₄) ceramics for a range of industries including automotive parts.

Zirconia (ZrO2)

Zirconia (ZrO₂) is unique among the fine ceramic oxide group due to its exceptional fracture toughness and thermal expansion properties