Specialty Ceramics Solutions
Saint-Gobain Performance Ceramics & Refractories offers advanced specialty ceramics products, consisting of silicon carbide, silicon nitride, Alumina and Boron Carbide materials, designed to perform reliably in the harshest conditions. These engineered solutions provide exceptional thermal stability, corrosion resistance, and mechanical strength, making them ideal for high-temperature reactors, chemically aggressive processes, precision metrology, mechanical seals, thermocouple protection & gas sensors, labware operations, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Focused on durability and efficiency, Saint-Gobain’s solutions help critical industries improve reliability, minimize maintenance, and optimize operational performance.
Applications of Advanced Ceramics
We design specialty ceramics products for use in demanding industrial settings. Each solution is matched to a specific application, offering the thermal stability, mechanical strength, or chemical resistance required to improve reliability and maintain performance under stress.
Engineered Materials
Saint-Gobain Refractories' range of specialty ceramics includes:
- Advancer®, N-Durance®, Cryston(R), Refrax 20E – Lightweight, oxidation-resistant Silicon nitride bonded silicon carbide material engineered for high-performance thermocouple protection tubes, precision metrology, process reactor lining, and microwave absorption.
- Alundum® – Fused alumina delivering superior corrosion resistance and mechanical durability, making it well-suited to laboratory equipment and refractory lining for furnaces.
- Crystar® RB (Silit®) – Reaction-bonded silicon carbide designed for thermal and chemical stability in precision metrology and high temperature process reactor tubes
- Hexoloy® – Sintered alpha silicon carbide valued for extreme hardness, wear resistance, exceptional corrosion resistance and mechanical strength in high & low temperature processes, equipment that are often subject to thermal & pressure gradients, aggressive chemicals, and high load
- Magnorite® – Magnesium oxide ceramic with high thermal and electrical resistance, ideal for insulation of thermocouple wires.
- Noralide® – Hot-pressed silicon nitride featuring high strength and fracture toughness, developed for application in nuclear reactor coolant pump seals, aerospace equipment.
- Norbide® – Hot-pressed boron carbide used for demanding wear-resistant nozzles and other custom parts, and neutron-absorbing applications in nuclear reactors.
