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So this is both thermoformable, and also heat-conducting. My understanding is that ceramics are usually very much neither of those. Are those properties connect

by twic 4y ago

So this is both thermoformable, and also heat-conducting. My understanding is that ceramics are usually very much neither of those. Are those properties connected, or is this a coincidence? Are ceramics usually not thermoformable because they're insulating?

elil17 4y ago
In this context, ceramic just means non-metal and non-organic. Plenty of ceramics have decent thermal conductivity - in fact, diamonds are ceramics and they are some of the most thermally conductive things ever. However, ceramics are very much not something you can thermoform. Even silicone (aka siloxane polymers) can’t be thermoformed. I’m not a huge ceramics expert but every ceramic I’ve ever used has been a thermoset.