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Synthesis and processing / edited by Ralf Riedel and I-Wei Chen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ceramics Science and Technology ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ceramic materials.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (555 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although ceramics have been known to mankind literally for millennia, research has never ceased. Apart from the classic uses as a bulk material in pottery, construction, and decoration, the latter half of the twentieth century saw an explosive growth of application fields, such as electrical and thermal insulators, wear-resistant bearings, surface coatings, lightweight armour, or aerospace materials. In addition to plain, hard solids, modern ceramics come in many new guises such as fabrics, ultrathin films, microstructures and hybrid composites.Built on the solid foundations laid down by t
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Powders
- pt. 2. Densification and beyond
- pt. 3. Films and coatings
- pt. 4. Manufacturing technology
- pt. 5. Alternative strategies to consider.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613414052
- 9781283414050
- 1283414058
- 9783527631957
- 352763195X
- 9783527631964
- 3527631968
- OCLC:
- 772845004
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