Quartz Fiber: A Key Material for Aircraft Insulation
2024-12-12 15:13
1. Importance of Quartz Fiber
● Key material for thermal protection systems: Quartz fiber, with its high temperature resistance, high wave transparency, and oxidation resistance, is an essential insulation strategic material in the aerospace field.
● Broad prospects in military applications: With the maturation of military aircraft technology and increasing demand, quartz fiber has broad application prospects in missiles and military aircraft, and its demand is expected to grow rapidly.
2. Technical characteristics of quartz fiber
● Classification of thermal protection technologies: Thermal protection technologies are divided into active, passive, and semi-active types, with passive and semi-active types relying on the material's own characteristics to absorb or radiate heat.
● High barriers to manufacturing process: Quartz fiber is refined from high-purity natural crystal, with a purity of up to SiO2>99.99%, and is coated with corresponding impregnating agents according to its use.
3. Application fields of quartz fiber
● Aerospace field: Mainly used in passive thermal protection insulation structures and semi-active thermal protection ablation structures.
● Military field: Used to make wave penetrating reinforcing materials, such as airborne radar hoods, missile radar hoods, etc.
4. Quartz fiber industry chain
● Upstream raw materials: Includes high-purity quartz sand and graphite products, whose price fluctuations can affect industry costs.
● Downstream applications: Covers both military and civilian fields, mainly used in high-end areas such as aerospace.