TRIBOLOGICAL CERAMICS

also called wear-resistant ceramics ceramic materials that are resistant to friction and wear. They are employed in a variety of industrial and domestic applications, including mineral processing and metallurgy. This article surveys the principal tribological ceramic materials and their areas of application. Additional reading Specific information on tribological ceramics is provided in the subsection by Jack D. Sibold, Wear Applications, in Theodore J. Reinhart (ed.), Engineered Materials Handbook, vol. 4, Ceramics and Glasses, ed. by Samuel J. Schneider (1991), pp. 100714. The section titled Structural Applications for Technical, Engineering, and Advanced Ceramics, pp. 9591014 in the Reinhart work cited above, presents an overview of advanced structural ceramics. Thomas O. Mason