Silicon Carbide
SiC composite ceramics from Adept offer unsurpassable performance in armor systems built to counter heavy threats.
Adept manufactures and provides advanced SiC-based ceramics to partners in industry and academia.
The premier grade, SiC-TiB2, is a pressureless sintered silicon carbide/titanium diboride composite with a dominant alpha-silicon carbide phase, ultra-low porosity, high hardness, and no free silicon.
SiC-TiB2 enables ultra-high performance articles of armor, as evidenced by the Adept Colossus armor plate.
SELECTED PROPERTIES
Density: 3.2 gm/cc
Hardness: 2600 HV1
Flexural strength: 385 MPa
Sonic velocity (transverse): 12715 m/s
Size range: Up to roughly 400x400mm, up to 50mm thick.
Phases: SiC (4H, 6H, 15R), TiB2, TiC, C
Silicon Carbide – Advanced Ceramic for Lightweight, High-Performance Armor
Silicon carbide (SiC) is a premium ceramic material used extensively in advanced body armor for its combination of light weight, high hardness, and ballistic performance. It offers an exceptional balance of cost, toughness, and stopping power—making it ideal for rifle-rated plates.
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