Electrical Optical Physical Thermal Chemical The Kyocera Museum of Fine Ceramics KYOCERA Corporation Kyocera Fine Ceramic Components   HOME > Characteristics of Fine Ceramics > Physical - Specific Gravity  Fine Ceramics: Strong but Light Fine Ceramics (also known as “advanced ceramics”) are lighter than high-strength metals. Within the same volume, many Fine Ceramic materials weigh only half as much as metal counterparts. Applications: Turbocharger rotors and other related products. Specific Gravity Density refers to a material's mass per cubic centimeter, while specific gravity refers to the density ratio between a given material and water, where water is assigned a value of 1. Many Fine Ceramic materials have specific gravities less than half those of ferrous metals. Specific Gravities   For more information, please see Excerpt of Graph Values. Related links Learning About Fine Ceramics     Fine Ceramics in Daily Life       The term "Fine Ceramics" is interchangeable with "advanced ceramics," "technical ceramics" and "engineered ceramics." Use varies by region and industry.