Classic and advanced ceramics : from fundamentals to applications /
Robert B. Heimann.
- xix, 553 s. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Introduction to classic ceramics -- Mineralogy, structure, and green processing of clay minerals -- Important ceramic phase systems -- Mineralogy and chemistry of the ceramic firing process -- Mineralogy and chemistry of cements -- Introduction to advanced ceramics -- Oxide ceramics: structure, technology, and applications -- Electroceramic materials -- Superconducting ceramics -- Bioceramic materials -- Non-oxide ceramics: structure, technology, and applications -- Advanced ceramic processing and future development trends -- Construction of the phase diagram of a binary system A-B with an ideal solid solution -- Thermodynamics of displacive phase transitions -- Radial electron density distribution (RED) function -- Thermodynamics of spinodal decomposition of crystals -- Theory of superconductivity.