Engineering Ceramics ’96: Higher Reliability through Processing: 25 (NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3, 25) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792344588 ISBN 13: 9780792344582

Publisher: Springer, 1997

Synopsis

Despite the significant progress, which has been made in developing of ceramic materials desired for engineering applications, their mass production is still not on expected level. Among the key factors hindering higher exploitation of these materials the problems in processing were identified. The processing comprises powder production, mixing techniques, forming, and sintering. All of them are equally important and all of them can introduce defects into the material. Besides improvement in processing, the properties of ceramic materials can be considerably improved by the creation of composites. Composites formed at micro or macro level are able to form more flaw-tolerant material. Considerable research activities, working on above mentioned phenomena are in progress at industrial laboratories as well as other research centres. This volume presents the contributions to the Advanced Research Workshop "Engineering Ceramics '96" with 65 participants from 21 countries held on 12th - 15th May 1996 at Smolenice Castle, Slovakia, the conference site of Slovak Academy of Sciences. The book covers research activities on engineering ceramic materials and gives an overview with respect to recent developments.

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Synopsis

There has been significant progress in the development of engineering ceramics, but their mass production still presents difficulties. All processing techniques - powder production, mixing, forming and sintering - are equally important and all can introduce defects into the material. The properties of ceramics can be considerably improved by creating composites, whether at micro or macro level. The papers presented here are grouped under three headings. The first, "Advanced Powderless and Powder Processing" covers the latest advances in the preparation of powders, hybrid processing from organometallic precursors and in situ reactions. "Engineering Ceramic Monoliths and Composites" describes the advanced processing of various composite and SiAlON materials. The last section, "Advances in Mechanical, Thermal and Physical Properties through Processing" studies factors influencing the properties of ceramic monoliths and composites, the emphasis being on the provision of processing advice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792344588
• ISBN 13: 9780792344582
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 438
• Editor: Babini G.N., Haviar Miroslav, Sajgalík Pavol