Ceramic Materials Science and Engineering

Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering is an up-to-date treatment of ceramic science, engineering, and applications in a single, comprehensive text. Building on a foundation of crystal structures, phase equilibria, defects, and the mechanical properties of ceramic materials, students are shown h...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carter, C. Barry, Norton, M. Grant (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2013, 2013
Edition:2nd ed. 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Foreword
  • PART I: History and Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Some History
  • PART II: Materials
  • Chapter 3: Background You Need to Know
  • Chapter 4: Bonds and Energy Bands
  • Chapter 5: Models, Crystals and Chemistry
  • Chapter 6: Binary Compounds
  • Chapter 7: Complex Crystal and Glass Structures
  • Chapter 8: Equilibrium Phase Diagrams
  • PART III: Tools
  • Chapter 9: Furnaces
  • Chapter 10: Characterizing Structure, Defects and Chemistry
  • PART IV: Defects
  • Chapter 11: Point Defects, Charge and Diffusion
  • Chapter 12: Are Dislocations Unimportant?
  • Chapter 13: Surfaces, Nanoparticles and Foams
  • Chapter 14: Interfaces in Polycrystals
  • Chapter 15: Phase Boundaries, Particles and Pores
  • PART V: Mechanical Strength and Weakness
  • Chapter 16: Mechanical Testing
  • Chapter 17: Plasticity
  • Chapter 18: Fracturing: Brittleness
  • PART VI: Processing
  • Chapter 19: Raw Materials
  • Chapter 20: Powders, Fibers,Platelets and Composites
  • Chapter 21: Glass and Glass-Ceramics
  • Chapter 22: Sols, Gels and Organic Chemistry
  • Chapter 23: Shaping and Forming
  • Chapter 24: Sintering and Grain Growth
  • Chapter 25: Solid-State Phase Transformations & Reactions
  • Chapter 26: Processing Glass and Glass-Ceramics
  • Chapter 27: Coatings and Thick Films
  • Chapter 28: Thin Films and Vapor Deposition
  • Chapter 29: Growing Single Crystals
  • PART VII: Properties and Applications
  • Chapter 30: Conducting Charge or not
  • Chapter 31: Locally Redistributing Charge
  • Chapter 32: Interacting with & Generating Light
  • Chapter 33: Using Magnetic Fields & Storing Data
  • Chapter 34: Responding to Temperature Changes
  • Chapter 35: Ceramics in Biology & Medicine
  • Chapter 36: Minerals & Gems
  • Chapter 37: Energy Production and Storage
  • Chapter 38: Industry and the Environment