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Modern Ceramic Engineering (Materials Engineering) [Hardcover]

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0824786343 978-0824786342 January 31, 1992 2
Ceramic materials have proven increasingly important in industry and in the fields of electronics, communications, optics, transportation, medicine, energy conversion and pollution control, aerospace, construction, and recreation. Professionals in these fields often require an improved understanding of the specific ceramics materials they are using.

Modern Ceramic Engineering, Third Edition helps provide this by introducing the interrelationships between the structure, properties, processing, design concepts, and applications of advanced ceramics. This student-friendly textbook effectively links fundamentals and fabrication requirements to a wide range of interesting engineering application examples.

A follow-up to our best-selling second edition, the new edition now includes the latest and most important technological advances in the field. The author emphasizes how ceramics differ from metals and organics and encourages the application of this knowledge for optimal materials selection and design. New topics discuss the definition of ceramics, the combinations of properties fulfilled by ceramics, the evolution of ceramics applications, and their importance in modern civilization. A new chapter provides a well-illustrated review of the latest applications using ceramics and discusses the design requirements that the ceramics must satisfy for each application. The book also updates its chapter on ceramic matrix composites and adds a new section on statistical process control to the chapter on quality assurance.

Modern Ceramic Engineering, Third Edition offers a complete and authoritative introduction and reference to the definition, history, structure, processing, and design of ceramics for students and engineers using ceramics in a wide array of industries.
--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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Richerson; David Richerson and Associates, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,

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  • Hardcover: 880 pages
  • Publisher: CRC Press; 2 edition (January 31, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0824786343
  • ISBN-13: 978-0824786342
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,111,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Best among currently available Ceramic Engineering Textbooks, December 1, 2006
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I am offering my comments in my capacity as a course instructor. The reason why I recommend this book to my students is because it gives an excellent understanding of industrial applications of ceramic materials. The author has done a great job putting together his industrial experience. Most of the textbooks are written by university professors, who are sometimes ignorant about the industrial practices. This is more true in the rapidly changing field of materials science and engineering in general, and ceramics in particular. After having gone through all the ceramics related books that are currently available in the market, I feel Modern Ceramic Engineering (Materials Engineering) by David Richerson is the best option as a ceramic engineering textbook. The only drawback of this book is that it lacks smooth flow of ideas. Author could generate more interest among the readers by providing more schematics and by avoiding the paragraphs with cluttered information.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book and Great delievery service from londonbooks, September 30, 2010
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This book is nice if you want to have an overall review about ceramics regarding their processing and properties......Gives you probably all aspects of ceramics.....But if you want to have more focused or deep knowledge about one aspect of ceramics then this is not the book you want to refer to.....But all in all a great book to have in your collection.....

Regarding delivery.....The book was supposed to come late but surprisingly got it very soon and that too in very good condition.....
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well written for a text book!, November 22, 2009
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I am taking an Intro to Ceramics course; this is the book we use. The book is actually really interesting. The author sometimes even sounds tongue-in-cheek about things! The subject matter ranges over a wide array of manufacturing processes, quality assurance, and material properties. He also throws in a lot of information about phase diagrams and grain structure/growth. I myself am not a materials engineer, but I found the book engrossing (very strange for me!). I did the study guide questions, which I thought were very well written, and the questions at the end of the text.

Two drawbacks only: 1) no answers to the study guide questions/back of the chapter questions, and 2) all the pictures are in black and white.
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Chapter 1 reviews the configuration of electrons in atoms of different elements and discusses how these configurations control the nature of bonding between different atoms. Read the first page
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isoplethal analysis, binary eutectic diagram, crystallographic density, ceramic fabrication processes, particulate compact, green machining, fracture mirror, vibratory milling, fracture origin, electron notation, coordination formula, stress rupture life, densification aids, median crack, ionic ceramics, tetragonal precipitates, passive oxidation, flaw size distribution, modulus transfer, phase equilibrium diagram, many ceramic materials, attrition milling, machining damage, crack shielding, liquidus surface
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New York, Academic Press, American Ceramic Society, Brook Hill, Government Printing Office, Special Publication, Van Vlack, Chestnut Hill, Courtesy Garrett Turbine Engine Company, American Ceramics Society, Ceramic Processing Before Firing, Division of Allied-Signal Aerospace, Elements of Materials Science, Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics, Battelle Columbus Labs, Research Center, Carborundum Company, General Ceramics, Handbook of Chemistry, Liquid Liq, Marcel Dekker, Materials Park, Materials Science Research, Norton Company, Pergamon Press
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