COI Ceramics Sylramic™ Crystalline Silicon Carbide (SiC) Fiber

Description: Sylramic™ SiC fiber is a textile grade continuous tow (yarn) made up of 800 filaments with a denier of 1600. Each filament is 10µm in diameter and is coated with a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) sizing for improved handleability.Product Form:Sylramic™ SiC Fiber Tow: Continuous tow is supplied on 3 inch diameter cardboard spools. Lengths up to 800m (145g weight) are available. Tow length may vary depending upon availability and customer requirements.Sylramic™ SiC Fiber, Woven: Cloth is available in standard weaves such as plain (PW), 5 harness satin (5HS) and 8 harness satin (8HS). As a textile grade yarn, Sylramic™ SiC Fiber can be readily incorporated into a variety of weaves, woven tapes, braids, etc. Special Properties: Sylramic™ SiC Fiber has excellent room temperature strength and stiffness. The fiber has excellent creep resistance, maintaining strength and stiffness for extended times at extremely high temperatures (1400C [2252F]). These fiber properties are due to its chemical composition, crystalline structure, small crystal size, and very low oxygen content. This also allows it to have excellent wear and corrosion resistance capability.Uses: Sylramic™ SiC Fiber is used as reinforcement in structures such as ceramic, plastic, and metal matrix composites. These products are used in severe environments such as aircraft and land-based turbine engines, hypersonics, thermal protection systems and chemical manufacturing. Sylramic™ SiC Fiber is used as a composite reinforcement to increase the part strength, toughness, and high temperature creep resistance.Information from COI Ceramics, Inc.