Ceramic Processing and Sintering [Hardcover]

As the field's premiere source, this reference is extensively revised and expanded to collect hard-to-find applications, equations, derivations, and examples illustrating the latest developments in ceramic processing technology. This book is concerned primarily with the processing of polycrystalline ceramics and focuses on the widespread fabrication of ceramics by the firing of consolidated powders forms. A brief treatment of sol-gel processing is also included.

Ceramic Processing and Sintering, Second Edition provides clear and intensive discussions on colloidal and sol-gel processing, sintering of ceramics, and kinetic processes in materials. From powder synthesis and consolidation to sintering and densification behavior, this latest edition emphasizes the impact of each processing procedure on ceramic properties. The second edition also contains new and extended discussions on colloid stability, polymer growth and gelation, additives in ceramic forming, diffusion and defect strucutre, normal and abnormal grain growth, microwave sintering, Rayleigh instability effects, and Ostwald ripening.

Illustrating the interconnectedness between the various steps in the overall fabrication route, Ceramic Processing and Sintering, Second Edition approaches the fundamental issues of each process and show how they are applied to the practical fabrication of ceramics.CERAMIC FABRICATION PROCESSES: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW
Introduction
Ceramic Fabrication Processes
Production of Polycrystalline Ceramics from Powders: An Overview
A Case Study in Processing: The Fabrication of TiO 2 from Powders

SYNTHESIS OF POWDERS
Introduction
Desirable Powder Characteristics
Powder Synthesis Methods
Powder Preparation by Mechanical Methods
Powder Synthesis by Chemical Methods

POWDER CHARACTERIZATION
Introduction
Physical Characterization
Chemical Composition