Field-deployed ballistic-grade α-Al₂O₃ for modular ceramic strikefaces on armoured ground vehicles.
Modular vehicle armour needs a strikeface ceramic with high hardness and fracture toughness, consistent across panels, produced on an ITAR-free, European-proximate supply for European defence programs. Commodity alumina varies in density and microstructure between batches, producing strikefaces with inconsistent ballistic performance, unacceptable when each modular tile has to meet the same threat level, and when US export-control friction complicates the supply chain.
Strocera supplies field-deployed, production-qualified submicron α-Al₂O₃ engineered for ballistic-grade structural ceramics. Pressureless sintering at 1550 °C reaches 98.05% of theoretical density with a fine microstructure, Vickers hardness 14.20 GPa and fracture toughness 3.89 MPa·m¹ᐟ² by Vickers indentation, measured to ASTM C20 and C1327. Production-qualified in armoured ground-vehicle ballistic systems, the powder ships ITAR-free inside the European defence supply cluster, outside US export-control friction, with the lead-time advantage of powder over finished blanks.
Full Alpha Alumina Powder specProduction-qualified in armoured ground-vehicle ballistic systems. ASTM C20 / C1327 validated.
Armour integrators and defence primes sourcing ITAR-free, ballistic-qualified alumina for modular strikefaces.
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