LEADER 05479nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910822018703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613911414 010 $a9781118392300 010 $a1118392302 010 $a9781283598965 010 $a1283598965 010 $a9781118392317 010 $a1118392310 010 $a9781118392287 010 $a1118392280 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241672 035 $a(EBL)894422 035 $a(OCoLC)790273067 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711546 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11417257 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711546 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10682699 035 $a(PQKB)10042268 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC894422 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4034782 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL894422 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10602102 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4034782 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11110037 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391141 035 $a(OCoLC)927508042 035 $a(Perlego)1012748 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241672 100 $a19991102d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe magic of ceramics /$fDavid W. Richerson 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aWesterville, OH $cAmerican Ceramic Society$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9780470638057 311 08$a0470638052 327 $aTHE MAGIC OF CERAMICS; CONTENTS; PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR THE SECOND EDITION; FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION; INTRODUCTION; 1 OUR CONSTANT COMPANIONS; FROM STONEWARE TO SUPERCONDUCTORS; CERAMICS IN YOUR HOME; Wake-Up Call; Food for Thought; The Rest of the House; Off to Battle; CERAMICS ON THE JOB; CERAMICS ELSEWHERE; CERAMICS AT PLAY; OVERVIEW: MOVING ON; 2 FROM POTTERY TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE; EARLY CERAMICS; The Birth of Pottery; The Emergence of Civilization; Ceramics in the Age of Metals; EVOLUTION OF TRADITIONAL CERAMICS 327 $aInvention of the Potter's WheelNew Types of Pottery; Plaster: A Ceramic That Hardens at Room Temperature; Ceramics in Building; Decorative Tiles; Glass; MODERN CERAMICS; Piecing the Puzzle Together; Alumina Spreads to Other Modern Applications; The Explosion of New Ceramics and Ceramic Uses; OVERVIEW: INTO THE FUTURE; 3 THE BEAUTY OF CERAMICS; EARLY CERAMIC ART; Eastern Mediterranean Ceramics; Greek and Roman Ceramics; Ceramics in the Far East; Ceramics in the Americas; THE MIDDLE AGES; Chinese Ceramics during the Middle Ages; Islamic Ceramics during the Middle Ages 327 $aTHE RENAISSANCE AND BEYONDInfluence from the Moslem World; Influence from the Far East; Pottery and Glass in Colonial North America; The Influence of the Industrial Revolution; A CENTURY OF CERAMIC ART; Classical to Abstract Glass; Expressions in Pottery; Art from Modern Ceramics; OVERVIEW: ENDURING BEAUTY; 4 CERAMICS AND LIGHT; TRANSPARENCY, A RARE AND SPECIAL QUALITY; Refraction-Where's the Fish?; Transparency in Action; Transparency and the Electromagnetic Spectrum; COLOR; Where Does Color Come From?; Color in Ceramics; PHOSPHORESCENCE; Some Ceramics Glow in the Dark 327 $aPhosphorescent Ceramics at WorkElectroluminescent Lighting; Light from Semiconductors; LASERS; MORE OPTICAL MAGIC; Electro-optics; Photosensitive Ceramic Materials; Other Optical Applications; OVERVIEW: VISION INTO THE FUTURE; 5 AMAZING STRENGTH; CERAMICS AND STRESS; How Stress Operates; Types of Stress; Dealing with Stress; SILICON NITRIDE; Silicon Nitride and Jet Engines; Silicon Nitride for Cutting Metals; Silicon Nitride for Bearings; HIGH-STRENGTH, HIGH-TOUGHNESS ZIRCONIUM OXIDE; What Is Toughness?; Transformation Toughening; Uses of Transformation-Toughened Ceramics 327 $aHIGH-STRENGTH CERAMIC FIBERSWhy Are Glass and Ceramic Fibers So Strong?; The Use of Ceramic Fibers in Composites; Composites with High-Strength Carbon Fibers; High-Temperature Ceramic-Matrix Composites; CERAMIC STABILITY; Stability versus Temperature; Dimensional Stability and Low-Thermal-Expansion Ceramics; OVERVIEW: A NEW DIMENSION OF STRENGTH ANDSTABILITY; 6 CERAMICS AND THE ELECTRONICS AGE; WHAT WE MEAN BY ELECTRONICS; MILESTONES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF ELECTRICITY; Materials and Electricity; The Invention of the Transistor; The Invention of the Integrated Circuit 327 $aTHE ROLE OF CERAMICS IN IC TECHNOLOGY 330 $aMost people would be surprised at how ceramics are used, from creating cellular phones, radio, television, and lasers to its role in medicine for cancer treatments and restoring hearing. The Magic of Ceramics introduces the nontechnical reader to the many exciting applications of ceramics, describing how ceramic material functions, while teaching key scientific concepts like atomic structure, color, and the electromagnetic spectrum. With many illustrations from corporations on the ways in which ceramics make advanced products possible, the Second Edition also addresses the newest 606 $aCeramics 606 $aPottery craft 615 0$aCeramics. 615 0$aPottery craft. 676 $a666 700 $aRicherson$b David W.$f1944-$09249 712 02$aAmerican Ceramic Society. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822018703321 996 $aThe magic of ceramics$91927596 997 $aUNINA