Ceramic and glass technology

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.

Engineers need to be familiar with the fundamental principles and concepts in materials and structures in order to be able to design structurers to resist failures.

Nano-Glass Ceramics: Processing, Properties and Applications provides comprehensive coverage of synthesis and processing methods, properties and applications of the most important types of nano-glass ceramics, from a unique material science perspective.

This text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students covers the fundamental relationships between the structure and properties of materials and biological tissues.

This book is based on the Fifth International Conference that was held on 16-21 August, 1992 in Melbourne, Australia, in conjunction with AUSTCERAM 92.

This book provides an overview of polymer nanocomposites and hybrid materials with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS).

This book presents an innovative concept for designing a 400 kV double circuit composite tower.

This book covers various multiple-criteria decision making (mcdm) methods for modeling and optimization of advanced manufacturing processes (AMPs).

This book provides an overview of the current state of the art in novel piezo-composites based on ferroelectrics.

This book provides a detailed description of metal-complex functionalized carbon allotrope forms, including classic (such as graphite), rare (such as M- or T-carbon), and nanoforms (such as carbon nanotubes, nanodiamonds, etc.

This book highlights the various types of polymer and nanocomposites that can be derived from biorenewable resources.

In the agriculture, forestry, the primary and secondary wood working industry there are considerable resources of raw materials which can only be used in a rational manner for energetic purposes.

This book covers a variety of topics related to machine manufacturing and concerning machine design, product assembly, technological aspects of production, mechatronics and production maintenance.

The title of this book describes the two extremes of ceramic invention from aesthetically beautiful and decorative works of art that graced the tables of the aristocracy to the functional silica brick that lined the smelting furnaces of industrialised nations in the 19th century designed to produce iron, copper and glass.

This book focuses on polymer/silver nanocomposites as the main component in bioengineering systems.