ABSTRACT
This chapter complements the preceding one by completing the review of the grain dependence of mechanical properties of monolithic ceramics as a function of temperature. Hardness, compressive strength, wear, and related behavior are addressed, while the preceding chapter addressed crack propagation, toughness, and tensile strength. This chapter also compares the limited data on both tensile and compressive failure in the same material, i.e. the overall trend for the large difference between the two to disappear at higher temperatures, as in ductile metals, but for some differences to remain.
