Riedel R., Chen I-W. (ed.) Ceramics Science and Technology. Volume 3. Synthesis and Processing

John Wiley & Sons, 2011. — 554 p.Although ceramics have been known to mankind literally for millennia, research has never ceased. Apart from the classic uses as a bulk material in pottery, construction, and decoration, the latter half of the twentieth century saw an explosive growth of application fields, such as electrical and thermal insulators, wear-resistant bearings, surface coatings, lightweight armour, or aerospace materials. In addition to plain, hard solids, modern ceramics come in many new guises such as fabrics, ultrathin films, microstructures and hybrid composites.
Built on the solid foundations laid down by the 20-volume series Materials Science and Technology, Ceramics Science and Technology picks out this exciting material class and illuminates it from all sides.
Materials scientists, engineers, chemists, biochemists, physicists and medical researchers alike will find this work a treasure trove for a wide range of ceramics knowledge from theory and fundamentals to practical approaches and problem solutions.Preface;
Powders:
Powder compaction by dry pressing;
Tape casting;
Hydrothermal routes to advanced ceramic powders and materials;
Liquid feed-flame spray pyrolysis (LF-FSP) in the synthesis of single- and mixed-metal oxide nanopowders;
Sol–gel processing of ceramics;
Densification and Beyond:
Sintering;
Hot isostatic pressing and gas-pressure sintering;
Hot pressing and spark plasma sintering;
Fundamentals and methods of ceramic joining;
Machining and finishing of ceramics;
Films and Coatings:
apor-phase deposition of oxides;
Metal–organic chemical vapor deposition of metal oxide films and nanostructures;
Manufacturing Technology:
Powder characterization;
Process defects;
Nonconventional polymers in ceramic processing: thermoplastics and monomers;
Manufacturing technology: rapid prototyping;
Alternative Strategies to Ceramics:
Sintering of nanograin ceramics;
Polymer-derived ceramics;
High-pressure routes to ceramics;