Ceramic Microstructures
Subtitle: Control at the Atomic Level
Contributors: Antoni P. Tomsia (Editor); Andreas M. Glaeser (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 30, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 870
ISBN-13: 9780306458170
Subjects: Materials science; Structural Properties Of Materials; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Material Science; Metallurgy; Technology / Material Science; Chemistry - Inorganic; Ceramic Materials; Congresses; Microstructure
First sentence: The inherently brittle nature of ceramics, arising from their lack of plastic deformation mechanisms at ambient temperatures, subjects their macroscopic mechanical properties to microscopic flaws, such as processing voids, secondary phases, and/or grain boundaries.