Physical Ceramics

Ceramics are in many ways the most challenging of engineering materials. This book introduces readers to the hierarchy of structures in ceramic materials, especially to the relationship between structure, at its many levels, and physical properties. Structure of Ceramics.

Defects in Ceramics.

Mass and Electrical Transport.

Phase Equilibria.

Microstructure.

Index.

Yet-Ming Chiang and Dunbar P. Birnie are the authors of Physical Ceramics: Principles for Ceramic Science and Engineering, published by Wiley.