The magic of ceramics [[electronic resource] /] / David W. Richerson

• Autore: Richerson David W. <1944->
• Pubblicazione: Westerville, OH, : American Ceramic Society, c2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Disciplina: 666
• Soggetto topico: Ceramics; Pottery craft
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: THE 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 ; Invention 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 ; THE 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 ; Phosphorescent 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 ; HIGH-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 ; THE ROLE OF CERAMICS IN IC TECHNOLOGY
• Sommario/riassunto: Most 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The magic of ceramics
• ISBN: 1-118-39230-2; 1-283-59896-5; 1-118-39231-0; 9786613911414; 1-118-39228-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910141398203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II