Ceramic products are fabricated from selected and consolidated raw materials through the application of thermal and mechanical energy. The complex connec­ tions between thermodynamics, chemical equilibria, fabrication processes, phase development, and ceramic properties define the undergraduate curriculum in Ceramic Science and Ceramic Engineering. Phase diagrams are usually introduced into the engineering curriculum during the study of physical chemistry, prior to specialization into ceramic engineering. This creates an artificial separation between consideration of the equilibrium description of the chemically heterogeneous system and the engineering and physical processes required for phase, microstructure, and property development in ceramic materials. Although convenient for instructional purposes, the separa­ tion of these topics limits the effective application of phase diagram information by the ceramic engineer in research and manufacturing problem solving. The nature of oxide phases, which define their useful engineering properties, are seldom linked to the stability of those phases which underlies their reliability as engineered products. Similarly, ceramic fabrication processes are seldom dis­ cussed within the context of the equilibrium or metastable phase diagram. In this text, phase diagrams are presented with a discussion of ceramics' properties and processing. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature of the oxides themselves-their structural and dielectric properties-which results in unique and stable product performance. Any set of systematic property measurements can be the basis for a phase diagram: every experiment is an experiment in the approach to phase eqUilibrium.

Phase diagrams and ceramic processes

Anna E. McHale

Science & Math

Chapman & Hall

Contains 352 evaluated systems for a wide range of  chemical systems that have appeared in literature dating from 1965 to  1985. A large number of systems involving water at near-ambient  conditions are included in this edition.    The diagrams are organized in 25 sections, summarized as listed below.

Phase Equilibria Diagrams, Annual 1992

Reference

American Ceramic Society

Contains 383 evaluated systems for a wide range of chemical systems that have appeared in literature dating from 1965 to 1985. The majority of these diagrams are dedicated to various oxide systems. The diagrams are organized into 20 sections, summarized as listed below.  Selected Contents Oxides  Oxides plus water (above 1 atm)  Oxides plus water (at or below 1 atm)  Hydroxides  Oxides plus halides  Metal plus oxygen/oxides and oxide systems with variable valence  Metal plus hydroxide  Oxides plus halide plus water (above 1 atm)  Gas plus water (at or below 1 atm)  Sulfates plus water (at or below 1 atm)  Mixed salts plus water (at or below 1 atm)  Nitrates and/or nitrides  Sulfur plus metals  Sulfur/sulfate plus oxygen/oxide plus metal  Sulfur plus oxygen plus metal plus water (above 1 atm)  Tellurium plus metals  Carbon plus metals  Carbon plus metal plus oxygen/oxide  Nitrogen plus metal plus halide  Halides

Phase Equilibria Diagrams Annual 1993

<p>Contains 919 evaluated diagrams describing boride, carbide, and nitride systems. Particular attention was given to systems containing Si3N4 and SiC. Since most of the systems covered in this volume are products of the Space Age, the referenced information comes from literature published between 1965 and 1993.</p>

Phase Equilibria Diagrams: Phase Diagrams for Ceramists : Borides, Carbides, and Nitrides

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

<p>Contains 444 evaluated diagrams describing oxide systems including metal plus two oxides, two metals plus two oxides, and up-to-date binary oxides such as MgO-Al2O3, MgO-SiO2, and B2O3-Mn2O3. In addition, present are diagrams on three oxides and four oxides, as well as a few five- and six-oxide systems. The generic usefulness of phase diagrams makes each volume essential to materials researchers' efforts. This text is clearly a key asset to the library of any ceramist, metallurgist, or solid-state chemist.</p>

Phase Equilibria Diagrams: Oxides

Robert Roth