Ceramic and glass technology

This textbook introduces theoretical piezoelectricity.

This book summarizes recent research and development in the field of nanostructured ceramics and their composites.

This book introduces materials and how advances in materials result in advances in technology and our daily lives.

These proceedings of the EPS 2018: 5th International Conference on Geofoam Blocks in Construction Applications, held in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus on May 9 to 11, 2018, present a collection of contributions on the state-of-the-art of research and applications relating to geofoam.

This book provides the theoretical knowledge required by students when learning how to diagnose oral diseases, plan treatment, and perform various types of dental restoration.

The book focuses especially on the application of SHM technology to thin walled structural systems made from carbon fiber reinforced plastics.

This book provides an overview of paste tailings disposal at mine sites.

This collection emphasizes the advances of powder and ceramic materials in fundamental research, technology development, and industrial applications.

This book presents a comprehensive survey about conducting polymers and their hybrids with different materials.

Das Buch stellt eine wichtige Datenquelle von physikalisch-chemischen Eigenschaften der Fasergläser, Glasfasern und der für ihre Herstellung eingesetzten Glasrohstoffe und technologischen Prozessparameter dar.

The brief explains in simple terms the essentials of polymer chemistry and how polymers came to be discovered by pioneers in this field.

This book will be a one-stop-shop for readers seeking information on lightweight composites made from multiple materials via diverse processing technologies.

This book covers manufacturing and processing of various natural filler-based polymer composites using conventional and advanced machining processes.

This book discusses the effects of soluble mineral salts on ceramic brick masonry walls in Petrolina, a city in Pernambuco, Brazil, located 780 km from the ocean.

This three volume set presents papers from the first collaborative global metallurgy conference focused exclusively on extractive topics, including business and economic issues.

This book explores new experimental phase diagrams of non-oxide ceramics, with a particular focus on the silicon nitride, silicon carbide and aluminum nitride, as well as the ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) systems.

This book is ideal for practitioners and managers with low experience in the field.

This book highlights the processing, characterization and applications of various green composites.

All living things contain carbon in some form, as it is the primary component of macromolecules including proteins, lipids, nucleic acids (RNA and DNA), and carbohydrates.

This book presents a number of studies on the molecular dynamics of cement-based materials.

This book provides an overview of multiscale approaches and homogenization procedures as well as damage evaluation and crack initiation, and addresses recent advances in the analysis and discretization of heterogeneous materials.

This book presents the synthesis, processing and application of selected functional biopolymers as new advanced materials.

This book provides details and collective information on working principle, process mechanism, salient features, and unique applications of various advanced manufacturing techniques and processes belong.

This book is intended to bring together into a single book all aspects of mixed conducting ceramic membranes.

This book contains recent research on phenolic resin and its composite materials.

This book presents the most recent description of rubber reinforcement, focusing on the network-like structure formation of nanofiller in the rubber matrix under the presence of bound rubber.

Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications provides the fundamental physico-chemical characterizations of recently explored carbon-based polymer nanocomposites, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene and its derivatives, nanodiamond, fullerenes and other nano-sized carbon allotropes.

This book includes papers on recent research carried out in the field of metal-matrix composites (MMCs).

This book provides an overview of eco-friendly resins and their composite materials covering their synthesis, sources, structures and properties for different industrial applications to support the ongoing research and development in eco-friendly and renewable commercial products.

This book provides an overview of fuel cell technology and, in particular, of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOFCs).

The book comprehensively covers the different topics of graphene based biopolymer and nanocomposites, mainly synthesis methods for the composite materials, various characterization techniques to study the superior properties and insights on potential advanced applications.

This book proposes the concept of a multi-layer pavement system to fulfill the blast resistance requirement for pavement design.

This book summarizes the state-of-the-art knowledge on ferrites as well as the cutting-edge applications of these versatile materials.

The work described in this book originates from a major effort to develop a fundamental theory of the glass and the jamming transitions.

This book presents a wide range of synthesis and characterization techniques to produce ceramic nanomaterials specially developed to be used in environmental applications.

This book is an up-to-date text on rubber science and is a breakthrough among many rubber-related publications.

This highly illustrated book presents the essential information and major constituents of laser welding, including laser brazing and laser-arc hybrid welding.

This book gives details on the processes of agglomeration and its role in modern metal production processes.

This book highlights the production of green composites from various sustainable raw materials.

This book presents a collection of chapters on various aspects of futuristic composite materials, from manufacturing challenges to materials characterization.

This book focuses on civil engineering materials and nanotechnology.

This book discusses fundamental studies involving the history, modelling, simulation, experimental work, and applications on high-entropy materials.

This book focuses on the matrix cracking behavior in ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs), including first matrix cracking behavior, matrix cracking evolution behavior, matrix crack opening and closure behavior considering temperature and oxidation.

This book reports on advanced biomaterials such as bioceramics, hydrogels, biopolymers, nanomaterials, membranes, and other compatible materials for medical applications.

Presents a diverse perspective of successful, inspirational and progressive women in science and engineering Women of today from 29 countries provide overviews of their successful careers, the challenges they faced, and offer advice.

Heraldic devices first appeared on ceramics in Western Europe from the sixteenth century onwards; however, it was not until the 1760s that British ceramic manufactories began executing commissions for services displaying heraldic devices for the gentry.

Due to their biocompatibility and bioactivity, bioactive glasses are used as highly effective implant materials throughout the human body to replace or repair damaged tissue.

Advanced manufacturing systems are vital to the manufacturing industry.

Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) have proven to be useful for a wide range of applications because of properties such as their light weight, toughness and temperature resistance.