Ceramic Processing (2^nd Ed.)

Many of the properties critical to the engineering applications of ceramics are strongly dependent on their microstructure which, in turn, is dependent on the processing methods used to produce the ceramic material. Ceramic Processing, Second Edition provides a comprehensive treatment of the principles and practical methods used in producing ceramics with controlled microstructure.

Covering the main steps in the production of ceramics from powders, the book also provides succinct coverage of other methods for fabricating ceramics, such as sol?gel processing, reaction bonding, chemical vapor deposition and polymer pyrolysis.

While maintaining the objectives of the successful first edition, this new edition has been revised and updated to include recent developments and expanded to feature new chapters on additives used in ceramic processing; rheological properties of suspensions, slurries, and pastes; granulation, mixing, and packing of particles; and sintering theory and principles.

Intended as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in ceramic processing, the book also provides an indispensable resource for research and development engineers in industry who are involved in the production of ceramics or who would like to develop a background in the processing of ceramics.

Chapter One Ceramic Fabrication Processes – An Introductory Overview, Chapter Two Synthesis and Preparation of Powders: Mechanical Methods, Chapter Three Powder Synthesis by Chemical Methods, Chapter Four Synthesis of Ceramic Nanoparticles, Chapter Five Powder Characterization, Chapter Six Science of Colloidal Processing, Chapter Seven Rheology of Colloidal Suspensions, Slurries and Pastes, Chapter Eight Processing Additives, Chapter Nine Granulation, Mixing and Packing of Particles, Chapter Ten Forming of Ceramics; Conventional Methods, Chapter Eleven Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics, Chapter Twelve Drying, Debinding and Microstructural Characterization of Green Articles, Chapter Thirteen Sintering Theory and Fundamentals, Chapter Fourteen Sintering Process Variables and Techniques, Chapter Fifteen Sol−Gel Processing, Chapter Sixteen Ceramic Fabrication Methods for Specific Shapes and Architectures.

Mohamed N. Rahaman is Professor of Ceramics in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Missouri–Rolla. He received B.A. (Hons) and M.A. degrees from the University of Cambridge, England, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Sheffield, England. Prior to joining the University of Missouri in 1986, Dr. Rahaman held positions at the University of Leeds, England; the University of the West Indies, Trinidad; and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California. Dr. Rahaman is the author of three books and the author or coauthor of more than 135 publications, most of them in the area of processing and sintering of ceramics.