ABSTRACT

All Refractories Are Ceramics but Not All Ceramics Are RefractoriesCeramics and refractories cover a wide range of fields and applications, and their relevance can be traced as far back as 24,000 BC to the first man-made piece of earthenware, and as recently as the late 1900s when ceramics and ceramic matrix composites were developed to withstand u

part |2 pages

Section I Ceramics and Refractories

chapter 1|24 pages

General Aspects

chapter 2|12 pages

Selection of Materials

chapter 5|38 pages

Corrosion of Ceramics and Refractories

chapter 6|20 pages

Failure in Ceramics and Refractories

chapter 7|8 pages

Design Aspects

part |2 pages

Section II Ceramics

chapter 8|10 pages

Bonding in Ceramics

chapter 9|24 pages

Structures of Ceramics

chapter 10|14 pages

Defects in Ceramics

chapter 11|32 pages

Ceramic Microstructures

chapter 12|34 pages

Production of Ceramic Powders

chapter 13|14 pages

Forming Processes

chapter 14|16 pages

Thermal Treatment

chapter 15|38 pages

Mechanical Properties

chapter 16|32 pages

Thermal and Thermo-Mechanical Properties

part |2 pages

Section III Refractories

chapter 17|2 pages

Classification

chapter 18|22 pages

Refractory Thermodynamic Principles

chapter 19|18 pages

Properties and Testing

chapter 20|18 pages

Production

chapter 21|6 pages

Silica

chapter 22|10 pages

Alumina

chapter 23|10 pages

Alumino-Silicate

chapter 24|8 pages

Chrome-Magnesite

chapter 25|2 pages

Carbon

chapter 26|2 pages

Insulating Refractories