MICROREACTORS OF EKasic® SILICON CARBIDE (SiC)
Modern synthesis of valuable fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals requires cost-effective production routes with high yield, improved selectivity and extreme reliability. ESK helps you to meet these complex requirements with EKasic® silicon carbide microreactors.
Applications and Advantages
For example, ESK offers monolithic microreactors made of its own EKasic® silicon carbide (SiC). These EKasic® microreactors seem to have been forged from a single block and are suitable for extreme applications in process engineering, especially for corrosive and thermal processes.
Their Particular Advantages Are:
- Hermetically sealed
- Universally corrosion resistant
- Resistant to extreme temperatures
ESK engineers manufacture the equipment individually to your specifications – robustly and pressure resistant, with several functions in one. Find out more!
 | Corrosion resistance of EKasic® Silicon Carbide from ESK |
Technical data of EKasic® Silicon Carbide:
| Silicon Carbide | |||||
| Material properties | Norm | Symbol/Unit | EKasic® F |
EKasic® F plus |
EKasic® T |
| Density | DIN EN 623-2 | ρ [g/cm3] | >3.10 | >3.16 | >3.21 |
| Porosity | DIN EN 623-2 | P [%] | <3.0 | <1.0 | <1.0 |
| Mean grain size | [μm] | <5 | <5 | <2 | |
| Grain size distribution | [μm] | ||||
| Phase composition | α-SiC | α-SiC | α-SiC, YAG |
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| Vickers hardness | DIN EN 843-4 | HV 1 [GPa] | 25.5 | 25.5 | 22.5 |
| Knoop hardness | DIN EN 843-4 | HK 0.1 [GPa] | 24.5 | 24.5 | 21.0 |
| Young's modulus | DIN EN 843-2 | E [GPa] | 410 | 420 | 420 |
| Weibull modulus | DIN EN 843-5 | m | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| Flexural strength, 4-pt bending |
DIN EN 843-1 | σB [MPa] | 400 | 510 | 550 |
| Compressive strength | σD [MPa] | 2200 | 2200 | 2500 | |
| Poisson ratio | ν | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.16 | |
| Fracture toughness (SENB) |
Klc [MPa·m0,5] | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| Coefficient of thermal expansion |
DIN EN 821-1 | ||||
| 20°C - 500°C | α [10-6/K] | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.5 | |
| 500°C - 1000°C | α [10-6/K] | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | |
| Specific heat at 20°C | DIN EN 821-3 | cp [J/g K] | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Thermal conductivity at 20°C |
DIN EN 821-2 | λ [W/mK] | 125 | 125 | 75 |
| Thermal stress parameters |
calculated | ||||
| R1 = σB·(1-ν) / (α·E) | R1 [K] | 198 | 246 | 314 | |
| R2 = R1·λ | R2 [W/mm] | 25 | 31 | 24 | |
| Specific electrical resistance at 20°C |
DIN EN 50359 | ρ [Ω cm] | 106-108 | 106-108 | 102-103 |
| Silicon Carbide | |||||
| Material properties | Norm | Symbol/Unit | EKasic® C |
EKasic® P |
EKasic® G |
| Density | DIN EN 623-2 | ρ [g/cm3] | >3.10 | >2.76- 2.89 |
>3.02 |
| Porosity | DIN EN 623-2 | P [%] | <3.0 | 10-14 | <3.0 |
| Mean grain size | [μm] | bimodal | <5 | bimodal | |
| Grain size distribution | [μm] | 10-1500 | 10-1000 | ||
| Phase composition | α-SiC | α-SiC | α-SiC, graphite |
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| Vickers hardness | DIN EN 843-4 | HV 1 [GPa] | 25.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 |
| Knoop hardness | DIN EN 843-4 | HK 0.1 [GPa] | 24.5 | 21.6 | 23.0 |
| Young's modulus | DIN EN 843-2 | E [GPa] | 410 | 340 | 390 |
| Weibull modulus | DIN EN 843-5 | m | 10 | 15 | 14 |
| Flexural strength, 4-pt bending |
DIN EN 843-1 | σB [MPa] | 400 | 225 | 230 |
| Compressive strength | σD [MPa] | 2500 | 2000 | 2500 | |
| Poisson ratio | ν | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.16 | |
| Fracture toughness (SENB) |
Klc [MPa·m0,5] | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | |
| Coefficient of thermal expansion |
DIN EN 821-1 | ||||
| 20°C - 500°C | α [10-6/K] | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.0 | |
| 500°C - 1000°C | α [10-6/K] | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.0 | |
| Specific heat at 20°C | DIN EN 821-3 | cp [J/g K] | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Thermal conductivity at 20°C |
DIN EN 821-2 | λ [W/mK] | 125 | 90 | 110 |
| Thermal stress parameters |
calculated | ||||
| R1 = σB·(1-ν) / (α·E) | R1 [K] | 198 | 157 | 124 | |
| R2 = R1·λ | R2 [W/mm] | 25 | 14 | 14 | |
| Specific electrical resistance at 20°C |
DIN EN 50359 | ρ [Ω cm] | 103-104 | 106-108 | 103-104 |
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