PHYSICAL CERAMICS:
PRINCIPLES FOR CERAMICS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

YET-MING CHIANG, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DUNBAR P. BIRNIE III, University of Arizona
W. DAVID KINGERY, University of Arizona
ISBN: 0-471-59873-9, 448 Pages, Cloth with disk, 1996

Description:

In response to the growing economic and technological importance of polymers, ceramics, advanced metals, and composites, many departments concerned with materials are changing their curricula. The advent of new courses calls for the development of new textbooks. The MIT Series in Materials Science and Engineering is designed to fill the needs of this changing curriculum.

Based on the curriculum of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the series will include textbooks for both the core sequence of courses for Materials Science as well as more advanced texts based on this core. Distinguished members of The MIT Series Committee include Samuel M. Allen, Yet-Ming Chiang, Merton C. Flemings, David V. Ragone, Julian Szekely, and Edwin L. Thomas. Chiang, Birnie, and Kingery's Physical Ceramics is the latest addition to the series. It is intended for Junior/Senior/ beginning graduate level courses in ceramics found in Materials Science Departments. It assumes a basic background in inorganic chemistry, thermodynamics, physical chemistry, and materials.

This highly respected author team have consolidated over 30 years of teaching experience into one concise volume to provide the fundamental background necessary to prepare students for more advanced courses in ceramics and materials science. Its illustrative examples highlight the advanced technology that has emerged in recent years.

Features:

• Highly respected author team with a collective teaching experience of over 30 years, including W. David Kingery, widely acknowledged as the most influential figure in the development of modern ceramics.

• Provides the fundamental scientific background material needed for more advanced courses in ceramics and materials science.

• Free Disk (for PCs) containing interactive illustrations of ceramic crystal structure, defect-chemical Brouwer diagrams, and ternary phase equilibria accompanies the text.

• Many illustrations and examples highlight applications of advanced ceramics in modern technology.

• Class tested to ensure all problems and solutions are accurate.

Supplements:

• Instructor's Manual
  0-471-10393-4
  Written by the text authors, the manual contains very detailed solutions to end-of chapter problem sets. Additional anecdotes are also included.