Macor® machinable ceramic
Final Advanced Materials provides Macor®, machinable high temperature ceramic. We offer boards, rods or machined parts according to your drawings.
Macor®machinable glass ceramic is recognized worldwide to be a major technological innovation, as well as a technical solution for a wide range of industrial applications. Opening a wide range of possibilities Macor® gives the performance of a technical ceramic with the versatility of a high performance polymer, while providing the machinability of a soft metal. As a result, Macor® is an outstanding engineering material which can quickly be designed into highly complex shapes, using conventional metalworking tools.
Macor® main characteristics
- Easily machinable
- Withstands high temperatures
- Low thermal conductivity
- Holds tight tolerances
- Electrical insulator
- Zero porosity and no outgassing
- Strong & rigid
- Highly polishable
- Radiation resistant
Macor® applications
- Constant and ultra-high vacuum environments
- Laser technology
- Semiconductor, electronic
- Aerospace, space
- Medical, laboratory equipment
- Fixtures
- Chemical
- Automobile
- Military
- Nuclear
Technical data
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Properties |
Units |
Macor® |
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Physical characteristics |
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Density |
g/cm3 |
2.52 |
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Porosity |
% |
0 |
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Water uptake |
% |
0 |
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Mechanical characteristics |
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Hardness |
Rockwell A: 48 |
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Compressive Strength |
N/mm2 |
345 |
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Flexural Strength |
N/mm2 |
94 |
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Modulus of Elasticity |
GPa |
66.9 |
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Thermal characteristics |
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Peak Temperature |
°C |
1000 |
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Continuous Temperature |
°C |
800 |
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Specific Heat at 20°C |
J/kg°K |
0.79 |
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Thermal Conductivity at 100°C |
W/m°K |
1.46 |
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Coefficient of Expansion 20 - 40°C |
10-6/°K |
9.3 |
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20 - 600°C |
11.4 |
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20 - 800°C |
12.6 |
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20 - 1000°C |
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Electrical characteristics |
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Specific Resistivity at 20°C |
Ohm.cm |
1016 |
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Dielectric Constant at 20°C |
at 1 KHz |
6.03 |
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Loss Tangent |
at 1 KHz |
0.005 |
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Dielectric Strength at 20°C |
kV/mm |
40 |
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Chemical characteristics |
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Corrosion resistance at 20°C |
Good |
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Resistance to alkalis at 20°C |
Very good |
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We can provide a complete range of machinable ceramics according to your application's needs.