Ceramics Science and Technology. Ceramics Science and Technology, Materials and Properties Volume 2 (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Editors: Riedel, Ralf; Chen, I-Wei
• Contents: Preface; ; PART I: Ceramic Material Classes; ; CERAMIC OXIDES; Introduction; Aluminum Oxide; Magnesium Oxide; Zinc Oxide; Titanium Dioxide; Zirconium Oxide; Cerium Oxide; Yttrium Oxide; NITRIDES; Silicon Nitride; Boron Nitride; Aluminum Nitride; Titanium Nitride; Tantalum Nitride; Chromium Nitride; Ternary Nitrides; Light-Emitting Nitride and Oxynitride Phosphors; GALLIUM NITRIDE AND OXONITRIDES; Introduction; Gallium Nitrides; Gallium Oxides; Gallium Oxonitrides; Outlook; SILICON CARBIDE- AND BORON CARBIDE-BASED HARD MATERIALS; Introduction; Structure and Chemistry; Production of Particles and Fibers; Dense Ceramic Shapes; Properties of Silicon Carbide- and Boron Carbide-Based Materials; Applications of Carbides; COMPLEX OXYNITRIDES; Introduction; Principles of Silicon-Based Oxynitride Structures; Complex Si-Al-O-N Phases; M-Si-Al-O-N Oxynitrides; Oxynitride Glasses; Oxynitride Glass Ceramics; Conclusions; PEROVSKITES; Introduction; Crystal Structure; Physical Properties; Chemical and Catalytic Properties; THE Mn+1AXn PHASES AND THEIR PROPERTIES; Introduction; Bonding and Structure; Elastic Properties; Electronic Transport; Thermal Properties; Mechanical Properties; Tribological Properties and Machinability; Concluding Remarks; ; PART II: Structures and Properties; ; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONS; Introduction; Self-Reinforced Silicon Nitrides; Fibrous Grain-Aligned Silicon Nitrides (Large Grains); Fibrous Grain-Aligned Silicon Nitrides (Small Grains); Grain Boundary Phase Control; Fibrous Grain-Aligned Porous Silicon Nitrides; DISLOCATIONS IN CERAMICS; Introduction; The Critical Resolved Shear Stress; Crystallography of Slip; Dislocations in Particular Oxides; Work Hardening; Solution Hardening; Closing Remarks; DEFECT STRUCTURE, NONSTOICHIOMETRY, AND NONSTOICHIOMETRY RELAXATION OF COMPLEX OXIDES; Introduction; Defect Structure; Oxygen Naonstoichiometry; Nonstoichiometry Re-Equilibration; INTERFACES AND MICROSTRUCTURES IN MATERIALS; Introduction; Interfaces in Materials; Practical Implications; Summary and Outlook; ; PART III: Mechanical Properties; ; FRACTURE OF CERAMICS; Introduction; Appearance of Failure and Typical Failure Modes; A Short Overview of Damage Mechanisms; Brittle Fracture; Probabilistic Aspects of Brittle Fracture; Delayed Fracture; Concluding Remarks; CREEP MECHANISMS IN COMMERICAL GRADES OF SILICON NITRIDE; Introduction; Material Characterization; Discussion of Experimental Data; Models of Creep in Silicon Nitride; Conclusions; FRACTURE RESISTANCE OF CERAMICS; Introduction; Theory of Fracture; Toughened Ceramics; Influence of Crack Growth Resistance Curve Upon Failure by Fracture; Determination of Fracture Resistance; Fatigue; Concluding Remarks; SUPERPLASTICITY IN CERAMICS: ACCOMMODATION-CONTROLLING MECHANISMS REVISITED; Introduction; Macroscopic and Microscopic Features of Superplasticity; Nature of the Grain Boundaries; Accommodation Processes Superplasticity; Applications of Superplasticity; Future Prospective in the Field; ; PART IV: Thermal, Electrical, and Magnetic Properties; ; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; Introduction; Thermal Conductivity of Dielectric Ceramics; High-Thermal Conductivity Nonoxide Ceramics; Mechanical Properties of High-Thermal Conductivity Si3N4 Ceramics; Concluding Remarks; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION IN NANOSTRUCTURED CERAMICS; Introduction; Space Charge Layers in Semiconducting Ceramic Materials; Effect of Space Charge Profiles on the Observed Conductivity; Influence of Nanostructure on Charge Carrier Distributions; Case Studies; Conclusions and Observations; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTIES; Introduction; Intrinsic Properties: The Anisotrophy of Properties; Extrinsic Properties: Hard and Soft Ferroelectrics; Textured Ferroelectric Materials; Ferroelectricity and Magnetism; Fatigue in Ferroelectric Materials; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES: FROM BULK TO NANO; Introduction; Properties of Transition Metal 3d Orbitals; Iron Oxides; Ferrites; Chromium Dioxide; Manganese Oxide Phases; Concluding Remarks; ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (888 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527802579
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