At the present time the only commonly encountered ceramic armor materials are alumina boron carbide and silicon carbide.
Boron carbide ceramic plates.
They haven t changed since.
The top countries of suppliers are china singapore from which the percentage of boron carbide plate supply is 99 1 respectively.
Boron carbide is about 3 times lighter than rolled armored steel.
As materials made of boron carbide products and wear resistant components using in blasting sealing machinery ships auto dies aviation and aerospace industries.
At the same time boron carbide is about 6 times stronger than steel.
But the characteristics of this material are at a very high level.
Surfaces of watches and jewels.
Boron carbide plate applications.
A wide variety of boron carbide plate options are available to you such as industrial ceramic structure ceramic.
As an antioxidant additives in refractory field.
All of these materials were introduced in the 1960s and saw service in vietnam era armor plates.
When high protection levels in lightweight designs are required 3m lightweight body armor plates offer a versatile solution that can be designed to meet specific customer requirements.