Ceramic Materials [electronic resource] : Science and Engineering / by C. Barry Carter, M. Grant Norton.

History and Introduction -- Some History -- Materials -- Background You Need to Know -- Bonds and Energy Bands -- Models, Crystals, and Chemistry -- Binary Compounds -- Complex Crystal and Glass Structures -- Equilibrium Phase Diagrams -- Tools -- Furnaces -- Characterizing Structure, Defects, and Chemistry -- Defects -- Point Defects, Charge, and Diffusion -- Are Dislocations Unimportant? -- Surfaces, Nanoparticles, and Foams -- Interfaces in Polycrystals -- Phase Boundaries, Particles, and Pores -- Mechanical Strength and Weakness -- Mechanical Testing -- Deforming: Plasticity -- Fracturing: Brittleness -- Processing -- Raw Materials -- Powders, Fibers, Platelets, and Composites -- Glass and Glass-Ceramics -- Sols, Gels, and Organic Chemistry -- Shaping and Forming -- Sintering and Grain Growth -- Solid-State Phase Transformations and Reactions -- Processing Glass and Glass-Ceramics -- Coatings and Thick Films -- Thin Films and Vapor Deposition -- Growing Single Crystals -- Properties and Applications -- Conducting Charge or Not -- Locally Redistributing Charge -- Interacting with and Generating Light -- Using Magnetic Fields and Storing Data -- Responding to Temperature Changes -- Ceramics in Biology and Medicine -- Minerals and Gems -- Industry and the Environment.

"… Ceramic Materials is exceptionally comprehensive... [and] will be the standard for information on crystalline ceramics for many years." - Robert H. Doremus, New York State Science and Technology Foundation Professor of Glass and Ceramics Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering is an up-to-date treatment of ceramic science, engineering, and applications in a single, integrated text. Building on a foundation of crystal structures, phase equilibria, defects and the mechanical properties of ceramic materials, students are shown how these materials are processed for a broad diversity of applications in today's society. Concepts such as how and why ions move, how ceramics interact with light and magnetic fields, and how they respond to temperature changes are discussed in the context of their applications. References to the art and history of ceramics are included throughout the text. The text concludes with discussions of ceramics in biology and medicine, ceramics as gemstones and the role of ceramics in the interplay between industry and the environment. The text is extensively illustrated and includes references and questions for the student.