Aerospace[edit]
Engines; Shielding a hot running aircraft engine from damaging other components.
Airframes; Used as a high-stress, high-temp and lightweight bearing and structural component.
Missile nose-cones; Shielding the missile internals from heat.
Space Shuttle tiles
Space-debris ballistic shields – ceramic fiber woven shields offer better protection to hypervelocity (~7 km/s) particles than aluminium shields of equal weight.[26]
Rocket nozzles, withstands and focuses the exhaust of the rocket booster.
Unmanned Air Vehicles; Implications of ceramic engine utilization in aeronautical applications (such as Unmanned Air Vehicles) may result in enhanced performance characteristics and less operational costs.[27]
Biomedical[edit]
A titanium hip prosthesis, with a ceramic head and polyethylene acetabular cup.
Artificial bone; Dentistry applications, teeth.
Biodegradable splints; Reinforcing bones recovering from osteoporosis
Implant material
Electronics[edit]
Capacitors
Integrated circuit packages
Transducers
Insulators
Optical[edit]
Main article: Transparent ceramics
Optical fibres, guided lightwave transmission
Switches
Laser amplifiers
Lenses
Infrared heat-seeking devices
Automotive[edit]
Heat shield
Exhaust heat management