Ceramic fiber

Description

An inorganic manufactured fiber that is stable at high temperatures. Ceramic fibers are composite materials made from mixtures of silica with inorganic oxides such as alumina, zirconia, thoria, magnesia, hafnia, beryllia, titanium dioxide, potassium titanate. They are used for insulation, packing, gaskets and reinforcement.

See aluminum silicate fiber.

Synonyms and Related Terms

ramic fibre (Br.); fibras minerales (Esp.); bijvoorbeeld asbest (Ned);

Authority

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

• J.Gordon Cook, Handbook of Textile Fibres:II Man-made Fibres, Merrow Publishing Co. , Durham, England Comment: p. 666