Experts in ceramic materials said a breach that introduced plasma into the shuttle could also have quickly created additional problems for the thousands of brittle insulating tiles that protect ...

Depending on the ceramic compounds used (there are hundreds of varieties), this insulating product has the ability to prevent heat transfer and heat loading onto a structure. This means heat will ...

The devastating lung ailments, including cancer, that can be caused by asbestos have led to a search for other high-temperature insulating materials. But the ceramic fibers that have replaced ...

In experimental devices around the world, it has often been observed that a "thermal insulation layer" is spontaneously formed in the plasma, surrounding the plasma core. The thermal insulation ...

DeMaria insulates the shipping containers with "ceramic insulation"- a spray or paint on system "developed by NASA" that the supplier claims addresses "all three modes of heat transfer- Radiated ...

Ceramic materials tend to shatter when deformed ... from water purification devices to flexible insulating materials. "The basic science question we tried to answer is how can we make a material ...

Although the porous ceramic foams are still at the prototype stage, evaluations for industrial applications are underway. Most of the enquiries are from producers of thermal insulation materials which ...

Products made using ceramic fiber are used as insulation materials in applications requiring energy conservation and high heat containment. These products can be in the form of bulk fibers ...