Ceramic coated pistons have longer life span then general metal ones

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Vehicular engine are of several types and they belong to an absolutely huge variety such as car, bikes, buses, heavy vehicles, etc. But the underlying design is always the same and is similar across the varieties of vehicles found. The basic fundamental of a vehicular internal combustion engine is that it consists of a cylinder which is called the bore and another piece of cylindrical metal that is inserted into the bore. This piece is called a piston and it is attached to the crank which makes the gears and then the wheels to roll. There are two valves in the engine and through one of them air and oil mixture enters and through the other the exhaust gases leave the engine. In an internal combustion engine, there is a spark plug which ignites the air and oil mixture which results in a small explosion which pushes the piston down and the crank pushes it up. This small explosion and the subsequent push mean the piston goes up and down the bore thousands of times and it goes to work every time you start the ignition on the vehicle. The piston works up the hardest and it faces the most devastating levels of wear and tear that a metal can face. With small explosions at the top to the friction with the insides of the bore, a piston is under high pressure and friction and is liable to wear out very, very soon.


In such a case, the use of ceramic piston coatings could be highly useful as these coatings decrease the levels of friction in the piston. Ceramic coatings have always been used for decreasing friction and with their use in vehicular engines; it could mean that engines would last much longer than they were initially thought to be.