Buch, Englisch, 766 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 19175 g
Science and Engineering
Buch, Englisch, 766 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 19175 g
ISBN: 978-1-4939-5053-9
Verlag: Springer
This course-tested text now includes expanded chapters on the role of ceramics in industry and their impact on the environment as well as a chapter devoted to applications of ceramic materials in clean energy technologies. Also new are expanded sets of text-specific homework problems and other resources for instructors. The revised and updated Second Edition is further enhanced with color illustrations throughout the text.
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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.