The material is used currently in niche market applications for example in reciprocating engine components and turbochargers, bearings, metal cutting and shaping tools and hot metal handling. Small ...

“Silicon nitride is a very popular ceramic in industry,” explains lead author Dr. Norimasa Nishiyama from DESY who now is an associate professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology. “It is mainly used ...

Silicon nitride ceramics are considered to be an ideal matrix for preparing metamaterials due to their high insulation, high thermal conductivity, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance ...

With significant increases in demand for bearings for electric vehicles ... friendly electric vehicles. Features of silicon nitride balls Low density: less than half the weight of a steel ball ...

Silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4) is widely used in bearings and structural components and materials that require heat resistance given its exceptional properties particularly in terms of its heat ...

The results highlight silicon nitride’s superior biomechanical performance, particularly in reducing implant subsidence, improving load distribution, and enhancing spinal stability. Key ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for SINTX’s patent application no. 17/237,687, titled “Methods of Silicon Nitride Laser Cladding.” ...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SKF and Sinoma Nitride, an industry-leading developer and producer of silicon nitride ... hybrid ceramic ball bearings. The cooperation is of ...

Arrays of nanometer-sized holes—nanopores—in silicon nitride can in principle dramatically speed up and lower the cost of such analyses. However, DNA molecules transit such nanopores far too ...