Bikozwe mu ifu ya ceramic ifite isuku nyinshi, ibice bya ceramic bishyirwaho no gukandwa byumye cyangwa gukandwa bikonje, hanyuma bigacukurwa mu bushyuhe bwinshi, hanyuma bigakorwa mu buryo bunonosoye. Bikoreshwa cyane mu bikoresho bya semiconductor, itumanaho ry'amatara, laser, ibikoresho by'ubuvuzi, peteroli, ibyuma, inganda z'ibikoresho by'ikoranabuhanga hamwe n'ibintu byayo nko kurwanya ubushyuhe bwinshi, kurwanya ingese, kurwanya kwangirika no gukingira.