Ceramic EngineerCeramic engineering is the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials. It includes the purification of raw materials, the study and production of the chemical compounds concerned, their formation into components and the study of their structure, composition and properties. Many thousands of engineering components have benefited from advanced ceramic solutions for wear, corrosion and thermal resistance, providing considerable lifetime increases over conventional metal components.
A ceramic engineer involves in development of improved heat tiles to protect the space shuttle and the future supersonic space plane from the searing heat of reentry into the earth's atmosphere. They develop methods for processing nonmetallic inorganic materials into many ceramic products ranging from glassware, fiber optics products, cement, and bricks, to coatings for space vehicles, materials for microelectronics, components of nuclear fuel, and pollution control devices.
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