Structural Ceramics
Fundamentals and Case Studies

Reviews production methods, microstructures, and properties of structural ceramics with important applications, including high voltage insulators, hot gas filters, machining tools, and hip joint replacements.

Frank Riley (Author)

9780521845861, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 14 May 2009

418 pages, 72 b/w illus. 43 tables 50 exercises
25.3 x 18 x 2.3 cm, 0.98 kg

'Frank Riley provides a gentle transition from almost any scientific or engineering foundation into ceramic science, patiently relieving the reader of any expectations that they might bring with them and cautiously leading them into the multiscale complexity of structure-property relationships.' Chemistry World

This book provides an introduction to the structural ceramics, their processing and properties. Five important groups of materials, porcelain, alumina, silicon carbide, silicon nitride and zirconia, are presented as case studies. Historical developments, the properties of constituent components, and relationships between production methods, resulting microstructures, and materials properties, are explained. The structural ceramics have many commercial applications, ranging from high voltage insulation and hot-gas filtration, to metal machining tools and surgical implants. These applications depend on combinations of chemical, physical and mechanical properties, which include structural stability over wide temperature ranges, strength, hardness, and resistance to wear. Over 200 diagrams and photographs provide visual aids to learning, and end of chapter summaries pull together key points. With numerous review questions to test understanding of the topics covered, and extensive referencing, this book is ideal for those studying materials science and engineering, or starting research in the structural ceramics area.

Preface, 1. Fundamentals
2. Porcelain
3. Alumina
4. Silicon carbide
5. Silicon nitride. 6. Zirconia
7. Conclusions
Index.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Chemical engineering [TDCB]