Chemical Synthesis of Advanced Ceramic Materials

The first book devoted to the role of chemical synthesis techniques in advanced ceramic materials development.

David Segal (Author)

9780521424189, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 27 September 1991

200 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.292 kg

' … it is a pleasure to recommend it …' Anthony Moulson, The Times Higher Education Supplement

This is the first book devoted to the role of chemical synthetic techniques in the development of advanced ceramic materials. It bridges the gap between existing volumes dealing with the properties of ceramic materials, for example their mechanical properties, and those on chemistry. The author describes the variety of advanced ceramics and their conventional synthesis and fabrication. This is followed by a description of the range of non-conventional synthetic methods. The basic chemistry of the synthesis is described and well-illustrated by reference to ceramics made on both laboratory and industrial scales. This resource book will be of value to anyone working with advanced ceramics in research laboratories, and to postgraduate students and research workers in chemistry, material science, physics, metallurgy and mechanical engineering departments involved with ceramic materials.

1. Introduction: the variety of ceramic systems
2. Conventional routes to ceramics
3. Ceramic fabrication
4. Sol-gel processing of colloids
5. Sol-gel processing of metal-organic compounds
6. Non-aqueous liquid phase reactions
7. Polymer pyrolysis
8. Hydrothermal synthesis of ceramic powders
9. Gas phase reactions
10. Miscellaneous synthetic routes to ceramic materials
Appendix
List of symbols
Index.

Subject Areas: Ceramics & glass technology [TDCQ], Solid state chemistry [PNRS]