Manufacture of prototype nanostructured ceramic components

氧化锆基陶瓷用于许多工程应用中，但当暴露在100 300摄氏度的湿气中时，它们就会失效。克服这一点，主要的新市场将在医疗和石化等行业打开。拉夫堡大学的研究结果表明，这可以通过生产纳米结构的锆石来实现。这门科学现在已经基本被理解，所以任务是将这些材料的制造扩大到原型水平，并将技术转化为工业。包括一家纳米粉末生产商、一家陶瓷制造商和一家控制阀制造商在内的三家工业合作伙伴将与拉夫堡合作实现这一目标。

Zirconia-based ceramics are used in many engineering applications but they fail when exposed to moisture at 100 300oC. Overcome this and major new markets open up in the medical and petrochemical industries amongst many others. Results obtained by Loughborough University indicate this can be achieved by producing nanostructured zirconia.The science is now largely understood so the task is to scale up the manufacture of these materials to prototype level and transfer the technology into industry. Three industrial partners, including a nanopowder producer, a ceramic manufacturer and a control valve manufacturer, will work with Loughborough to achieve this.