Engineered ceramic and composite materials for heat transfer or thermal management applications; technical ceramics and ceramic substrates for use in industry; compositions for the manufacture of technical ceramics; ceramic matrix composite materials for use in manufacture; technical ceramics, namely, ternary carbide materials, for use in manufacture; carbide; carbide and ceramic compositions in the nature of granules and powders for use in manufacture; ceramic materials in the form of powders, granules or pastes, and chemical materials and mixtures thereof for industrial use; chemical materials for use in the manufacture of ceramics; chemical compositions in the nature of carbide ceramics used in the manufacture of automotive components and parts, aerospace components and parts, battery components and parts, electronic components and parts, and nuclear reactor components and parts; chemical compositions in the nature of carbide ceramics for use in the aerospace, defence, oil and gas, automotive, mining and smelting, construction, medical, recreation, agriculture, electronics, power generation, energy storage and nuclear industries