Ceramics & Oxides
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Diffusion in Materials - DIMAT2004
These volumes contain the contributions presented at DIMAT 2004: the Sixth International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, held in Cracow, under the Patronage of the AGH University of Science and Technology, the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Cracow University of Technology. -
A Diffusion-Data Source-Book: Diffusion in Pure Elements
This volume is aimed at diffusion non-specialists who may find at some time that they need a handy guide to the tracer diffusional behaviour of one element in another element. Those working on new coating, or other commercial processes, might for example need basic diffusion data in order to decide on the initial settings of the new-process parameters. Theoreticians who are seeking empirical trends in diffusivities may also find the contents to be of great interest. -
Towards Innovation in Superplasticity I
This publication presents the proceedings of the International Symposium towards Innovation in Superplasticity. The research project, "Innovation in Superplasticity", was chosen to be one of the priority scientific research efforts in 1996, of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan. -
Cluster Assembled Materials
It is now some 15 years since atomic clusters were first produced and investigated in laboratories. Since then, knowledge concerning clusters has enjoyed rapid and sustained growth, and cluster research has become a new branch of science. -
Advanced Materials Forum I
This First International Materials Symposium in Portugal was organised in order to provide a forum within which material scientists and engineers, drawn from a very wide range of specialties, could present and discuss new research findings and compare points of view concerning advanced materials. -
Asian Ceramic Science for Electronics II and Electroceramics in Japan V
Description: Electroceramics are among the most interesting and useful materials for electronic devices and many other high-technology applications. This series of books regularly presents the latest research results, on electroceramics, coming out of Asia and Japan. This current volume integrates two themes, "Asian Ceramic Science for Electronics II" and "Electroceramics in Japan V", and describes many new and important results in ceramic science as applied to electronics, including: conductive ceramics; dielectrics, piezoelectric and ferroelectric ceramics; semiconducting ceramics; insulators; thin-film electroceramics; batteries and cells; memory devices and optical devices. Emphasis is placed very much on the potential applications of these materials, without neglecting the necessary production and fabrication techniques. -
High-Performance Ceramics 2001
During the past two decades, China (whose very name of course has long been synonymous with 'ceramic' in the English language) has continued its ancient history of technological excellence in this field by also becoming one of the most active centres of scientific excellence in the field of high- performance ceramics. Building upon the success of the first conference in the series, the Second China International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics (CICC-2) offered an international forum for the presentation, discussion and review of the latest advances in the science and technology of high-performance ceramics. -
Fractography of Advanced Ceramics
The aim of this book is to contribute to the development of new functional and structural ceramic materials, exhibiting enhanced performances and having improved lifetimes and reliability, by fostering a better understanding of their deterioration and failure mechanisms under various stress conditions and at various operating temperatures. The publication covers the topics of basic failure phenomena; indentation fracture; fracture and fractography of structural, electro- and bio- ceramics; fracture of fiber-reinforced composites; fracture of porous and laminated ceramics; defect - strength and microstructure - fracture toughness relationships; and damage mechanisms in nanoceramics. -
Bioceramics 14
Bioceramics has evolved into a major field of study having important implications for humankind’s future health and wellbeing. The Bioceramics-14 monograph contains more than 160 papers with representations from over 20 countries. The topics range from totally inert, load-bearing materials, such as alumina, zirconia, silicon nitride and diamond to bioreactive materials such as calcium phosphates and bioglasses. The latter have great potential for aiding grafting, bone repair, drug-delivery, and implant-fixation to living tissues. -
Defects and Diffusion in Ceramics
This latest volume of the annual series contains over 900 selected abstracts of research in the field of ceramics (including, for this purpose, allotropes of carbon); reported between the appearance of Retrospective IV and about June 2003 (allowing for variations in publication dates).