Dictionary of Ceramic Science and Engineering [Hardcover]

I.J. McColm (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0306445425 | ISBN-13: 978-0306445422 | Edition: 2nd

This monumental revision expands the original edition by some 4000 entries to include new fabrication, testing, and materials, vocabulary. Additionally, the author gives all measurements in SI units to facilitate communication among the many subdisciplines touched on by ceramics, ensuring that this will be the field's standard reference work for years to come.

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From the Back Cover

The third edition Dictionary of Ceramic Science and Engineering builds on the previous monumental revision of the 2nd edition which expanded the original edition by some 4000 entries to include new fabrication, testing, and materials, vocabulary. The current edition includes checked and amended entries from the second edition with many hundreds of new words and phrases from the rapidly advancing electronic, nanoparticle and modern materials engineering fields added. Additionally, the author gives all measurements in SI units to facilitate communication among the many subdisciplines touched on by ceramics, ensuring that this publication remains the field's standard reference work for years to come. This dictionary will be useful to researchers dealing with the processing of Materials. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Professor Ian John McColm is Emeritus Professor of Ceramic Materials at the School of Engineering Design and Technology, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 396 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 2nd edition (April 30, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0306445425
• ISBN-13: 978-0306445422
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,769,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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