This book covers the area of advanced ceramic composites broadly, providing important introductory chapters to fundamentals, processing, and applications of advanced ceramic composites. Within each section, specific topics covered highlight the state of the art research within one of the above sections. The organization of the book is designed to provide easy understanding by students as well as professionals interested in advanced ceramic composites. The varioussections discuss fundamentals of nature and characteristics of ceramics, processing of ceramics, processing and properties of toughened ceramics, high temperature ceramics, nanoceramics and nanoceramic composites, and bioceramics andbiocomposites. ÍNDICE: Preface. Foreword. About the Authors. Section I: Fundamentals of Nature and Characteristics of Ceramics. Chapter 1. Ceramics: Definition and characteristics. Chapter 2. Bonding, structure and physical properties. Chapter 3. Mechanical behavior of ceramics. Section II: Processing of Ceramics. Chapter4. Synthesis of high ceramic powders. Chapter 5. Sintering Mechanisms and conventional sintering. Chapter 6. Thermomechanical treatment of ceramics. Section III. Surface Coatings. Chapter 7. Environment and engineering of ceramics materials. Chapter 8. Thermal spraying of ceramics. Chapter 9. Coatings and protection of structural ceramics. Section IV. Processing and Properties of toughened ceramics. Chapter 10. Toughness optimization in oxide ceramic composites. Chapter 11. S-SiAION ceramics: Microstructure development, mechanical and tribological properties. Chapter 12. Toughness and tribiological properties of MAXphases. Section V. High temperature ceramics. Chapter 13. Overview: High temperature ceramics. Chapter 14. Processing and properties of TiB2 and ZrB2 with metallic/non-metallic sinter-additives. Chapter 15. High temperature mechanical and oxidation properties. Section VI. Nanoceramic composites. Chapter 16. Relevance, characterisitics and applications of Nanostructured ceramics. Chapter17. Oxide Nanoceramic Composites. Chapter 18. WC-ZrO2 Nanoceramic composites.Section VII. Bioceramics and Biocomposites. Chapter 19. Biomaterials: An Introduction. Chapter 20. Calcium Phosphate based bioceramic composites. Chapter 21. Friction and wear properties of Ceramic Biocomposites.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-49711-1
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 19/08/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés