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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive book to focus on ultra-high temperature ceramic materials in more than 20 years
Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics are a family of compounds that display an unusual combination of properties, including extremely high melting temperatures (>3000C), high hardness, and good chemical stability and strength at high temperatures. Typical UHTC materials are the carbides, nitrides, and borides of transition metals, but the Group IV compounds (Ti, Zr, Hf) plus TaC are generally considered to be the main focus of research due to the superior melting temperatures and stable high-melting temperature oxide that forms in situ. Rather than focusing on the latest scientific results, Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: Materials for Extreme Environment Applications broadly and critically combines the historical aspects and the state-of-the-art on the processing, densification, properties, and performance of boride and carbide ceramics.
In reviewing the historic
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Contributors List xi
1 Introduction 1
William G. Fahrenholtz, Eric J. Wuchina, William E. Lee, and Yanchun Zhou
2 A Historical Perspective on Research Related to Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics 6
William G. Fahrenholtz
3 Reactive Processes for Diboride-Based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics 33
Guo-Jun Zhang, Hai-Tao Liu, Wen-Wen Wu, Ji Zou, De-Wei Ni, Wei-Ming Guo, Ji-Xuan Liu, and Xin-Gang Wang
4 First-Principles Investigation on the Chemical Bonding and Intrinsic Elastic Properties of Transition Metal Diborides TMB2 (TM=Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, and Y) 60
Yanchun Zhou, Jiemin Wang, Zhen Li, Xun Zhan, and Jingyang Wang
5 Near-Net-Shaping of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics 83
Carolina Tallon and George V. Franks
6 Sintering and Densification MECHANISMS of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics 112
Diletta Sciti, Laura Silvestroni, Valentina Medri, and Frédéric Monteverde
7 U HTC Composites for Hypersonic Applications 144
Anish Paul, Jon Binner, and Bala Vaidhyanathan
8 Mechanical Properties of Zirconium-Diboride Based UHTCs 167
Eric W. Neuman and Greg E. Hilmas
9 Thermal Conductivity of ZrB2 and HfB2 197
Gregory J. K. Harrington and Greg E. Hilmas
10 Deformation and Hardness of UHTCs as a Function of Temperature 236
J. Wang and L. J. Vandeperre
11 Modeling and Evaluating the Environmental Degradation of UHTCs under Hypersonic Flow 267
Triplicane A. Parthasarathy, Michael K. Cinibulk and Mark Opeka
12 Tantalum Carbides: Their Microstructures and Deformation Behavior 291
Gregory B. Thompson and Christopher R. Weinberger
13 Titanium Diboride 316
Brahma Raju Golla, Twisampati Bhandari, Amartya Mukhopadhyay, and Bikramjit Basu
14 Th e Group IV Carbides and Nitrides 361
Eric J. Wuchina and Mark Opeka
15 Nuclear Applications for Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics and MAX Phases 391
William E. Lee, Edoardo Giorgi, Robert Harrison, Alexandre Maître, and Olivier Rapaud
16 UHTC-Based Hot Structures: Characterization, Design, and On-Ground/In-Flight Testing 416
Davide Alfano, Roberto Gardi, Luigi Scatteia, and Antonio Del Vecchio
Index 437
