Glass ceramic-based composites

High thermal shock resistance, fracture toughness, high-temperature strength, optimal tribological characteristics, chemical and erosion stability at a low density - such is a list, far from complete, of properties that should be offered by modern materials to provide serviceability of assemblies and mechanisms under extreme conditions of high temperatures, thermomechanical loads, erosion wear, corrosive environments, etc. An ever-wider application for such operating conditions is found by ceramic materials [1].