Ceramic and Glass Materials: Structure, Properties and Processing

✍ Scribed by Robert H. Doremus (auth.), James F. Shackelford, Robert H. Doremus (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 209
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ceramic and Glass Materials: Structure, Properties and Processing is a concise and comprehensive guide to the key ceramic and glass materials used in modern technology. Each chapter focuses on the structure-property relationships for these important materials and expands the reader’s understanding of their nature by simultaneously discussing the technology of their processing methods. In each case, the resulting understanding of the contemporary applications of the materials provides insights as to their future roles in twenty first century engineering and technology.

Organized to be a practical and comprehensive resource, each chapter is dedicated to a specific material such as: alumina, mullite, sillimanite minerals, aluminates, quartz and silicas, refractory oxides, clays, concrete and cement, lead compounds, and zirconia.

Written by international authors in materials science and engineering, Ceramic and Glass Materials: Structure, Properties and Processing is an invaluable reference for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals in a wide range of scientific fields.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Alumina....Pages 1-26
Mullite....Pages 27-39
The Sillimanite Minerals: Andalusite, Kyanite, and Sillimanite....Pages 41-48
Aluminates....Pages 49-70
Quartz and Silicas....Pages 71-86
Refractory Oxides....Pages 87-110
Clays....Pages 111-133
Concrete and Cement....Pages 135-150
Lead Compounds....Pages 151-167
Zirconia....Pages 169-197
Back Matter....Pages 199-201

✦ Subjects

Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods;Condensed Matter Physics;Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems;Structural Materials;Building Materials;Materials Science, general