Handbook of advanced ceramics : materials, applications, processing, and properties / Shigeyuki Somiya, editor-in-chief, Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sōmiya, Shigeyuki, editor of compilation.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ceramics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 1229 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2013.

Waltham, MA : Academic Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new handbook will be an essential resource for ceramicists. It includes contributions from leading researchers around the world and includes sections on Basic Science of Advanced Ceramics, Functional Ceramics (electro-ceramics and optoelectro-ceramics) and engineering ceramics. Contributions from more than 50 leading researchers from around the world Covers basic science of advanced ceramics, functional ceramics (electro-ceramics and optoelectro-ceramics), and engineering ceramics Approximately 750 illustrations

Contents:

pt. 1. Methods for characterization of advanced ceramics

pt. 2. Advanced carbons

pt. 3. Advanced non-oxide ceramics

pt. 4. Advanced ceramics related to energy generation and storage

pt. 5. Advanced optical ceramics

pt. 6. Advanced electroceramics

pt. 7. Advanced bio- and medical ceramics

pt. 8. Advanced combustion engine parts

pt. 9. Advanced ceramics related to mechanical properties and fracture mechanics

pt. 10. Advanced ceramic coating : science and technology

pt. 11. Processing, and related materials, and their applications and properties.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-12-391931-2

1-299-47281-8

0-12-385470-9

OCLC:

841172459