Well supposedly the website should display prices...
"The Ceramic Store will be an Internet-based business serving as an online outlet for ceramic thus responding to the needs of researchers and other engineers where demand is often for low quantities, and where order flow may not be consistent."
You probably can check out some manufacturers in Italy, especially Torino (considering the high tech businesses there), for prices. I once thought this was a more exclusive business, but I've found many in California and those that are involved in fuel cells too. I'm sure the East Coast has plenty too. I've been wondering lately what's so special about Cetek. Maybe there is going to be a big surprise. I guess you have to believe...
"Cetek (Pink Sheets:CTKH - News) made significant gains in its standing within the high-grade specialty ceramic industry. We have continued to draw the attention of large, high-volume users of ceramic substrate product, and believe that the demand will only increase as more and more commercial users of the material discover Cetek.
Numerous independent or third-party sources have reported back to us that "nobody makes the material like Cetek." Our expertise in providing customers an extremely thin, flat and large panel of polished ceramic product is becoming known to many segments of the electronics industry. This fact gives us confidence, going forward."
FROM THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Ceramic Fact Sheets
Ceramics and Fuel Cell Technology
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Fuel cell devices are a rapidly growing technology that convert chemical energy directly into electricity and heat with high efficiency and low pollution rates. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), a leading fuel cell system, are made using commonly available ceramic materials such as zirconia.
One advantage of SOFC is that hydrogen and carbon dioxide are used as fuel in the cell. This means that SOFC can use many common hydrocarbon fuels such as natural gas, diesel, gasoline and alcohol without the need to reform the fuel into pure hydrogen. In other fuel cells, such as the polymer electrolyte fuel cell, that are fueled with pure hydrogen, the carbon dioxide is a poison.
SOFC have a potentially lower cost due to the absence of precious metals, compared to proton exchange membrane and phosphoric acid fuel cells which use platinum as a catalyst. Some other fuel cell types use liquid electrolytes, similar to battery acid, that can have a corrosive effect on components. Since SOFC use one piece solid state ceramic cells, they are easier to maintain due to the lack of this corrosion.
Fuel cells will have many uses. SOFC are being targeted for use in power and heat generation for homes and businesses as well as auxiliary power units for electrical systems in vehicles. SOFC also can be linked with a gas turbine, in which the hot, high pressure exhaust of the fuel cell can be used to spin the turbine, generating a second source of electricity.
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