Saint-Gobain Performance Ceramics & Refractories’ silicon carbide tubes are an ideal solution for protecting industrial gas sensors from the challenging operating conditions typically associated with combustion and flue gases, for example:
Gas sensors designed to analyze combustion by-products and flue gases such as oxygen, CO, CO2, CH4, NOx, SOx, and H2S from a wide range of industries, including:
Typical Properties of Hexoloy® SE
| Properties | Unit | Value | |
| Material | % | Hexoloy SE SiC | |
| Maximum Use Temperature | °C | 1,900 | |
| Flexural Strength |
@ Room Temp @ 1,450°C @ 1,600°C |
MPa |
280 270 300 |
| Density | g/cc | 3.05 | |
| Apparent Porosity | % | 5.10 | |
| Modulus of Elasticity |
@ 20°C @ 1,300°C |
GPa |
420 363 |
| Coefficient of Thermal Expansion | 10-6/°C | 4.02 | |
| Thermal conductivity | @ 1,200°C | W/(mK) | 34.8 |
