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Book Synopsis* Comprehensive source for state-of-the-art information regarding techniques/methods approaches for processing and fabrication of advanced ceramics and ceramic composites. * Detailed description and applications of each method/approach/technique covered in a separate chapter.
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Contributors ix
PART I DENSIFICATION 1
1 SINTERING: FUNDAMENTALS AND PRACTICE 3
Rajendra K. Bordia and Héctor Camacho-Montes
2 THE ROLE OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT AND FIELD DURING PULSED ELECTRIC CURRENT SINTERING 43
K. Vanmeensel, A. Laptev, S. G. Huang, J. Vleugels, and O. Van der Biest
3 VISCOUS-PHASE SILICATE PROCESSING 75
Ralf Müller and Stefan Reinsch
PART II CHEMICAL METHODS 145
4 COLLOIDAL METHODS 147
Rodrigo Moreno
5 PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS OF SOL–GEL GLASS 183
Esther H. Lan and Bruce Dunn
6 GELCASTING OF CERAMIC BODIES 199
Katherine T. Faber and Noah O. Shanti
7 POLYMER PROCESSING OF CERAMICS 235
Emanuel Ionescu and Ralf Riedel
8 CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF STRUCTURAL CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES 271
Takashi Goto
9 CVI PROCESSING OF CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 313
Andrea Lazzeri
10 REACTIVE MELT-INFILTRATION PROCESSING OF FIBER-REINFORCED CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 351
Natalie Wali and J.-M. Yang
11 COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS: AN UPDATE 391
S. B. Bhaduri
PART III PHYSICAL METHODS 415
12 DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION 417
Víctor M. Orera and José I. Peña
13 SOLID FREE-FORM FABRICATION OF 3-D CERAMIC STRUCTURES 459
James E. Smay and Jennifer A. Lewis
14 MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF CERAMIC AND CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 485
Cristina Leonelli and Paolo Veronesi
15 ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION 517
Maria Cannio, Saša Novak, Laxmidhar Besra, and Aldo R. Boccaccini
16 PROCESSING OF CERAMICS BY PLASMA SPRAYING 551
Robert Vaßen
Index 567
