Loehman R.E. (Ed.) Characterization of Ceramics

New York: Momentum Press, LLC, 2010. XVIII, 295 p. ISBN: 978-1-60650-194-8 (hard back, case bound), ISBN10: 1-60650-194-1 (hard back, case bound), ISBN13: 978-1-60650-196-2 (e-book), ISBN10: 1-60650-196-8 (e-book).Ceramics are, in a general definition, materials that consist of man-made, inorganic, non-metallic solid material - either existing in a crystalline state or non-crystalline state (i.e., glasses). Materials characterization techniques are used to ensure the structural and surface integrity of ceramics for their use in a wide variety of applications, from thermal resistance to advanced electronic and optical technologies like fiber optics to structural uses. This book presents those techniques along with views on future trends in ceramics processing and advanced characterization technologies particularly appropriate to ceramics materials. Readers will find more on:
Ceramic Materials preparation routes, including powder preparation by solution techniques and gas-phase techniques
Formation techniques for ceramic films and coatings, thick films and bulk ceramics
A review of ceramic microstructure, reactions, phase behavior, mechanical properties and electronic and magnetic ceramicsPreface to the Reissue of the Materials Characterization Series
Preface to Series
Preface to the Reissue of Characterization of CeramicsPowder and Precursor Preparation by Solution Techniques
Powder Preparation by Gas-Phase Techniques
Formation of Ceramic Films and Coatings
Consolidation of Ceramic Thick Films
Consolidation of Bulk Ceramics
Inorganic Glasses and Glass-Ceramics
Ceramic Microstructures
Ceramic Reactions and Phase Behavior
Mechanical Properties and Fracture
Ceramic Composites
Glass and Ceramic Joints
Electronic and Magnetic Ceramics
Nondestructive Evaluation
Appendix: Technique Summaries