Fine ceramics are made from inorganic solid powders with precisely controlled properties of purity, particle size and particle distribution. The process involves mixing different powders together to produce a ceramic with specific material characteristics. This powdered mixture is blended with a binder so it can be molded to precise specifications, machined in a "raw" state, and then fired in a controlled furnace.
Firing, also called sintering, involves heating the raw ceramic to a temperature below the melting point. This eliminates the moisture and binder, shrinking the microscopic gaps between particles and fusing them together to form fine ceramic products of extreme hardness and density.

Fired object – Transmission electron micrograph

Fine Ceramics

Lead zirconate titanate Pb (Zr, Ti) O3

Fired object (Pb [Zr, Ti] O3) – Transmission electron micrograph
A lamellar domain, oriented in multiple directions within one particle.

Silicon nitride Si3N4

Fired silicon nitride – High-resolution photograph
An amorphous phase is observed along the interface between silicon nitride particles and a crystalline grain boundary phase.

Ceramics

Porosities of ceramic

Crystalline structure of ceramic

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