Introduction to ceramics

By:

Kingery, W. David

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: New Delhi: Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., c2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 1032p. : ill. ; 22cmISBN:

9780471478607 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

666 KIN 23rd

Summary: This 2nd edition of Introduction to Ceramics has been printed 15 years after the 1st edition. Many advances have been made in understanding and controlling and developing new ceramic processes and products. this text has a considerable amount of new material and the product modification. About the Author: William David Kingery was a material scientist who developed systematic methods for the study of ceramics. For his work, he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in 1999. H. K. Bowen is the author of Introduction to Ceramics, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

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Books	Vigyanpuri Campus Physics	666 KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	004803

Table of Contents:
Introduction.
Ceramic Processes and Products.
Characteristics of Ceramic Solids.
Structure of Crystals.
Structure of Glasses.
Structural Imperfections.
Surfaces, Interfaces, and Grain Boundaries.
Atom Mobility.
DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURE IN CERAMICS.
Ceramic Phase Equilibrium Diagrams.
Phase Transformation, Glass Formation and Glass-Ceramics.
Reactions with and between Solids.
Grain Growth.
Sintering and Vitrification.
Microstructure of Ceramics.
PROPERTIES OF CERAMICS.
Thermal Properties.
Optical Properties.
Plastic Deformation, Viscous Flow and Creep.
Elasticity, Anelasticity and Strength.
Thermal and Compositional Stresses.
Electrical Conductivity.
Dielectric Properties.
Magnetic Properties.

Also includes illustrations and subject index.

This 2nd edition of Introduction to Ceramics has been printed 15 years after the 1st edition. Many advances have been made in understanding and controlling and developing new ceramic processes and products. this text has a considerable amount of new material and the product modification.

About the Author:
William David Kingery was a material scientist who developed systematic methods for the study of ceramics. For his work, he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in 1999. H. K. Bowen is the author of Introduction to Ceramics, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

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