Ceramics & the Military | The American Ceramic Society
The distinct characteristics of advanced ceramics, including light weight, the ability to withstand extremely high temperatures, hardness, resistance to wear and corrosion, low friction, and special electrical properties, offer major advantages over conventional materials such as plastics and metals. Because of this, advanced ceramics are the foundation for the lightest, most durable body armor used for small to medium caliber protection available. Hot pressed boron carbide and silicon carbide ceramic is integrated with optimized composite structures to produce rugged multi-hit body armor plates.
