Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering

Ceramic Materials......Page 1
PART II......Page 2
PART III......Page 4
PART IV......Page 5
PART V......Page 6
PART VI......Page 7
PART VII......Page 11
1 Introduction......Page 14
2  Some History......Page 26
3  Background You Need to Know......Page 44
4  Bonds and Energy Bands......Page 60
5  Models, Crystals, and Chemistry......Page 80
6  Binary Compounds......Page 96
7  Complex Crystal and Glass Structures......Page 109
8  Equilibrium Phase Diagrams......Page 129
9  Furnaces......Page 146
10 Characterizing Structure, Defects, and Chemistry......Page 161
11  Point Defects, Charge, and Diffusion......Page 185
12  Are Dislocations Unimportant?......Page 205
13  Surfaces, Nanoparticles, and Foams......Page 228
14  Interfaces in Polycrystals......Page 250
15  Phase Boundaries, Particles, and Pores......Page 273
16  Mechanical Testing......Page 291
17  Deforming: Plasticity......Page 311
18  Fracturing: Brittleness......Page 327
19  Raw Materials......Page 344
20  Powders, Fibers, Platelets, and Composites......Page 358
21  Glass and Glass-Ceramics......Page 378
22  Sols, Gels, and Organic Chemistry......Page 399
23  Shaping and Forming......Page 411
24  Sintering and Grain Growth......Page 426
25  Solid-State Phase Transformations and Reactions......Page 443
26  Processing Glass and Glass-Ceramics......Page 462
27  Coatings and Thick Films......Page 480
28  Thin Films and Vapor Deposition......Page 493
29  Growing Single Crystals......Page 506
30  Conducting Charge or Not......Page 526
31  Locally Redistributing Charge......Page 553
32  Interacting with and Generating Light......Page 572
33  Using Magnetic Fields and Storing Data......Page 595
34  Responding to Temperature Changes......Page 616
35  Ceramics in Biology and Medicine......Page 632
36  Minerals and Gems......Page 649
37  Industry and the Environment......Page 672
Index......Page 687
Details for Figures and Tables......Page 697
Eagle Hill......Page 712