{"product_id":"glasses-and-glass-ceramics-9789401068543","title":"Glasses and Glass-Ceramics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): M. H. Lewis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Chemical \u0026amp; Biochemical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe emergence of synthetic ceramics as a prominent class of materials with a unique combination of properties has been an important part of the materials-science scene over the past 20 years. These 'high-technology' ceramics have varied applications in areas utilizing their exceptional mechanical, thermal, optical, magnetic or electronic properties. A notable development of the 1970s was that of 'Si-based' ceramics (Si3N4' SiC and 'Sialons') as high-temperature engineering solids. More recently the zirconia-based ceramics have evolved as a class of material with significant improvements in fracture-toughness. In the 1980s we are on the threshold of development of ceramic-matrix composites with the promise of over- coming major limitations in engineering design with 'brittle' ceramics and the development of novel properties unattainable with monolithic micro- structures. Throughout this period there have been significant but less well-publicized developments in the field of glass-ceramics and glasses. It is the purpose of this publication to review selected topics within this important area of materials science. A key element in understanding the relation between properties and microstructure is a knowledge of atomic arrangement in ceramic phases. Recent developments in NMR and X-ray absorption spectroscopies have had considerable impact on studies of atomic co-ordination in glasses and crystalline ceramic materials and are reviewed in Chapters 1 and 2. Glass-ceramics are derived from the parent glasses by controlled crystal- lization and have properties dictated, in part, by the efficiency of crystal nucleation within the glass volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45283512877207,"sku":"9789401068543","price":7345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789401068543.webp?v=1769305190","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/glasses-and-glass-ceramics-9789401068543","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}