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Silicon carbide nanowhiskers provide optimized mechanical reinforcement, superior thermal stability, and enhanced electrical conductivity. Designed for ceramic composites and high-performance coatings, they ensure improved wear resistance, extended durability, and high adaptability.
Product Overview
Silicon carbide (SiC) nanowhiskers are highly oriented single-crystal fibers with diameters ranging from the nano- to micron-scale. They possess a crystal structure similar to diamond, offering excellent properties such as high strength, high melting point, low density, and high elastic modulus. These characteristics make SiC nanowhiskers suitable for a wide range of applications across various high-performance fields.
Key Features
- Chemical Stability: Excellent high-temperature and corrosion resistance, ideal for use in extreme environments.
- Mechanical Performance: High strength, hardness, tensile strength, and elastic modulus, making them ideal reinforcement materials.
- Thermal Performance: High thermal conductivity (500 W/m·K) and low thermal expansion coefficient, particularly suited for high-temperature environments.
- Electrical Properties: Wide bandgap and high critical breakdown electric field, suitable for optoelectronic materials and sensor applications.
- Optical Performance: Large bandgap width, making it promising for optoelectronic applications.
Applications
- Reinforcement Materials: Widely used in high-strength, high-temperature composite materials to enhance material performance.
- Thermal Management: Utilized in thermal management materials for high-temperature environments to improve heat conduction efficiency.
- Optoelectronic Materials: Potential applications in the optoelectronic field, such as in sensors and optoelectronic devices.
- High-Performance Coatings and Paints: Used as reinforcement in coatings to increase strength and heat resistance.
| Parameter | Description |
| Diameter | 0.2-0.7 μm |
| Length | 10-35 μm |
| Appearance | Gray powder |
| Purity | >99 at% |
