Ceramic and Glass Materials

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Ceramic and Glass Materials Structure, Properties and Processing ...

James F. Shackelford • Robert H. Doremus Editors Ceramic and Glass Materials Structure, Properties and Processing ...

Editors James F. Shackelford Robert H. Doremus University of California, Davis Materials Research Center Dept. Chemical Engineer ...

Robert H. Doremus – A Dedication With sadness, I note that in late January 2008 while finishing the editing of this book, Bob Do ...

and children Carol, Elaine, Mark, and Natalie. As with his family, Bob cared deeply about his students and worked tirelessly to ...

Preface This book is intended to be a concise and comprehensive coverage of the key ceramic and glass materials used in modern t ...

In Chap. 5, Davila, Risbud, and Shackelford of the University of California, Davis, review the various ceramic and glass materia ...

Contents Preface......................................................... vii Contributors...................................... ...

Chapter 10 Zirconia............................................ 169 Olivia A. Graeve Index...................................... ...

Contributors Richard C. Bradt Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0202, USA, rc ...

James F. Shackelford Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA, j ...

J.F. Shackelford and R.H. Doremus (eds.), Ceramic and Glass Materials: 1 Structure, Properties and Processing. © Springer 2008 C ...

2 R.H. Doremus and cutting tools. The electrical resistance of alumina is high, so it is used pure and as a component in electri ...

1 Alumina 3 Bauxite from the Guianas in South America is low in iron and silica impurities, so it is preferred when purity is im ...

4 R.H. Doremus The time and temperature required to form the desired degree of porosity in the dense solid depend mainly on the ...

1 Alumina 5 of 1.38 Å for oxygen atoms, so the structure has less “open” volume even than close- packing (Z = 0.26) of uniform s ...

6 R.H. Doremus 4 Equilibrium Binary Phase Diagrams of Alumina with Other Oxides The most important binary oxide and ceramic phas ...

1 Alumina 7 alumina, but in view of the very careful work of Greskovitch and Brewer [14] with extremely pure alumina, these high ...

8 R.H. Doremus 5.2 Strength The mechanical strength of a brittle material such as alumina depends on flaws (cracks) in the alumi ...