Page 3 - Curriculum Visions Dynamic Book
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Contents
1: Introduction 4 How ceramics are formed 5 How ceramic crystals are organized 6 Why ceramics are brittle 8 Making ceramics 9
2: Common ceramics 10 Materials for ceramics making 14 Processing the raw materials 16 Firing 18 Vitrification 19 Glazing 20
3: Ceramic products 22 Whitewares 22 Ceramics for building 26 Stages in industrial brickmaking 28 Refractory materials 32 Plaster 34 Cement 35 Mortar 39 Concrete 39 Road materials 41
4: Advanced ceramics 42 Preparing the ceramics 42 Making the powders into useful things 43 Sintering 44 Ceramics and electronics and optics 44 Integrated circuits 45 Alumina 46 Ceramic capacitors 46 Piezoelectrics 47 Magnetic ceramics 48 Ceramics and optics 50 Ceramics as pigments 51 Ceramics phosphors 51 Lasers 52 Ceramics used as conductors 52 Sensors 53 Nuclear ceramics 54 Bioceramics 54 Ceramics that resist wear 56
Glossary 58 (Left) This is the liquid ceramic used for some dental
fillings. It is hardened by exposure to ultraviolet light.
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