Modern Ceramic Engineering: Properties, Processing, and Use in Design, Third Edition / Edition 3

by David W. Richerson, William Edward Lee

Overview

Ceramic materials have proven increasingly important in industry and in the fields of electronics, communications, optics, transportation, medicine, energy conversion and pollution control, aerospace, construction, and recreation. Professionals in these fields often require an improved understanding of the specific ceramics materials they are using.

Modern Ceramic Engineering, Third Edition helps provide this by introducing the interrelationships between the structure, properties, processing, design concepts, and applications of advanced ceramics. This student-friendly textbook effectively links fundamentals and fabrication requirements to a wide range of interesting engineering application examples.

A follow-up to our best-selling second edition, the new edition now includes the latest and most important technological advances in the field. The author emphasizes how ceramics differ from metals and organics and encourages the application of this knowledge for optimal materials selection and design. New topics discuss the definition of ceramics, the combinations of properties fulfilled by ceramics, the evolution of ceramics applications, and their importance in modern civilization. A new chapter provides a well-illustrated review of the latest applications using ceramics and discusses the design requirements that the ceramics must satisfy for each application. The book also updates its chapter on ceramic matrix composites and adds a new section on statistical process control to the chapter on quality assurance.

Modern Ceramic Engineering, Third Edition offers a complete and authoritative introduction and reference to the definition, history, structure, processing, and design of ceramics for students and engineers using ceramics in a wide array of industries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574446937
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/05/2005
Series:	Materials Engineering Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	728
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

CERAMICS AS ENGINEERING MATERIALS
What is a Ceramic?
History of Ceramics
Applications: Engineering with Ceramics

STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
Atomic Bonding and Crystal Structure
Crystal Chemistry and Specific Crystal Structures
Phase Equilibria and Phase Equilibrium Diagrams
Physical and Thermal Behavior
Mechanical Behavior and Measurement
Time, Temperature, and Environmental Effects on Properties
Electrical Behavior
Dielectric, Magnetic, and Optical Behavior

PROCESSING OF CERAMICS
Powder Processing
Shape-forming Processes
Densification
Final Machining
Quality Assurance

DESIGN WITH CERAMICS
Design Considerations
Design Approaches
Failure Analysis
Toughening of Ceramics

Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Effective Ionic Radii for Cations and Anions
Appendix C: Periodic Table
Index