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    • Outside view of the space shuttle Discovery.
    Rights: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Published 9 April 2010 Size: 130 KB Referencing Hub media

    Part of the space shuttle’s outer skin is made up of over 27,000 ceramic tiles. The tiles are designed to withstand the tremendous heat generated on re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

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      What are ceramics?

      A ceramic is an inorganic non-metallic solid made up of either metal or non-metal compounds that have been shaped and then hardened by heating to high temperatures. In general, they are hard ...

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      Advanced ceramics – timeline

      Over the last 100 years, new classes of ceramics, not necessarily clay-based, have been developed. These advanced ceramics can accomplish things that are beyond the capability of traditional ...

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