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3. Properties of ceramic materials
The term "ceramic" primarily refers to the technology used to manufacture an object. By extension, a ceramic material is a material characterized by the fact that it is manufactured using ceramic technology. It is therefore not possible a priori to associate properties with ceramics, whose manufacturing technology enables the use of a very large number of distinct materials whose physical properties may be very different from one another. In this section, we will draw up a non-exhaustive list of the different properties of various ceramic materials, which can be exploited in the manufacture of electronic components. In addition to the raw characteristics of the various materials, we'll see that ceramic technology is unique in that it enables us to control inhomogeneous components: inhomogeneity in composition, enabling us to apply the laws of mixtures to define the characteristic in question;...
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Bibliography
Websites
GFC/SF2M (Groupe Français de la Céramique/Société Française de Métallurgie et Matériaux) https://gf-ceramique.fr/
ECERS (European Ceramics Society) http://www.ecers.org
Pôle Européen de la Céramique – ESTER Technopole
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Events
National
GFC Annual Meeting http://www.sf2m.asso.fr/congres/congres_parraines.htm see also http://www.univ-valenciennes.fr/gfc/infos.php and
Standards and norms
EIA standards, which are the norm for many components http://ec-central.org/index.cfm , in particular EIA 198, which describes the different temperature classes commonly used to qualify ceramic capacitors.
Directory
Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
GFC (French Ceramics Group) http://sf2m.asso.fr/Vie_GFC/GFC_plan_site.htm
SEE (Société de l'Électricité, de l'Électronique et des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication)
Statistical and economic data
In 2009, the European market for passive ceramic components was worth around €8.1 million, representing 21% of the world market. It breaks down mainly as shown in the table
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