Advantages
- High hardness (>13000Vickers)
- Low density (3 to 6 kg/dm³)
- Wear resistance due to low friction coefficient
- High elasticity module (200 to 400 GPa)
- Chemical and thermal resistance, electrical insulation
- High mechanical resistance (bending resistance: 400 to 1000 MPa, up to approx 1000°C)
- Low porosity (<0.5%), very high quality surface polish
- Machining and polishing precision e.g: for a 14 mm AL²O³ball, variation on diameter is less than 0.1µm and surface roughness (Ra) is less than 0.005µm