Phase Diagrams in Advanced Ceramics (Treatise on Mater..

Phase Diagrams in Advanced Ceramics (Treatise on Materials Science andTechnology)
by Allen M. Alper, Gernot Kostorz and Herbert Herman English | January 18,1995 | ISBN-10: 0123418348 | 237 pages | PDF | 16.2 Mb

The investigation of multi-component complex systems composed of oxides,nitrides, and carbides has intensified in the last few years. Phase Diagrams inAdvanced Ceramics reviews some of the recent advances inthe understanding ofthese composite systems, providing insight into how phase diagrams can beutilized in the fabrication of whiskers and ceramic-matrix whisker-reinforcedceramics.

Phase relations and sintering information is reviewed for transparentpolycrystalline oxides. Phase diagrams are discussed to predict alkali oxidecorrosion of alumino-silicate references.

Key Features
* This Treatise Provides Coverage of:
* Understanding the development, manufacture, and use of complex,multi-component ceramic materials composed of silicon nitride-metaloxides-nitride-carbide systems
* Development and use of whisker and whisker-reinforced ceramics composed ofmaterials such as alumina, silicon-nitride, silicon carbide, and directlysolidified eutectic ceramics
* Application of phase diagrams to the production of advanced composites suchas alumina-matrix, zirconium diboride and titanium, hafnium, zirconium,carbides, and borides
* Phase chemistry in the development of transparent poly-crystal and oxides,including yttria, alumina, and magnesium aluminate
* Improvements concerning the knowledge of complex multi-component materialscomposed of oxides, nitrides, and carbides, and knowledge of how to fabricatecomposite materials containing whiskers and ceramic hosts
* New developments in making transparent ceramic materials