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Types of Ceramic Crystal Structures

Ceramic crystal structures are primarily composed of ionic and covalent bonds, categorized into crystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous ceramics. Crystalline ceramics have ordered atomic structures, polycrystalline ceramics consist of small crystalline grains, and amorphous ceramics lack long-range order. Examples include silica glass for amorphous ceramics, rock salt and zinc blende structures for crystalline ceramics, and alumina for polycrystalline ceramics.

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Types of Ceramic Crystal Structures

Ceramic crystal structures are primarily composed of ionic and covalent bonds, categorized into crystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous ceramics. Crystalline ceramics have ordered atomic structures, polycrystalline ceramics consist of small crystalline grains, and amorphous ceramics lack long-range order. Examples include silica glass for amorphous ceramics, rock salt and zinc blende structures for crystalline ceramics, and alumina for polycrystalline ceramics.

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Ceramic

crystal
structure
Material science and engineering for ME
Gleford Klein H. Guerra - BSME 3
What is
Ceramic
Crystal
Structure?
Ceramic crystal structures are primarily
composed of ionic and covalent bonds, resulting
in complex arrangements of metal cations and
non-metal anions. These structures are
classified into three main types:
These structures are classified into
three main types:

Crystalline Ceramics Polycrystalline Ceramics Amorphous (Glassy)


Ceramics
Highly ordered atomic structures, Made of many small crystalline grains with
including Rock Salt, Zinc Blende, grain boundaries, affecting mechanical and
Lacking long-range order, these
Perovskite, and Silicate structures. electrical properties (e.g., alumina,
ceramics have a random atomic
zirconia).
structure, like glass.
Examples:

Amorphous (Glassy) Ceramics Crystalline Ceramics Polycrystalline Ceramics


• Example: Silica glass (SiO₂), Borosilicate glass • Rock Salt (NaCl) Structure: Magnesium • Example: Alumina (Al₂O₃), Zirconia
(e.g., Pyrex) oxide (MgO), Sodium chloride (NaCl) (ZrO₂), Silicon nitride (Si₃N₄)
• Use: Windows, optical lenses, laboratory • Zinc Blende (ZnS) Structure: Silicon • Use: Cutting tools, biomedical
glassware carbide (SiC), Zinc sulfide (ZnS) implants, engine components
• Perovskite (ABO₃) Structure: Barium
titanate (BaTiO₃), Lead zirconate titanate
(PZT)
• Silicate Structure: Kaolinite
(Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄), Quartz (SiO₂)
• Uses: Refractories, electronic capacitors,
piezoelectric sensors

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