Brevier Technical Ceramics
Content
1 Introduction 2 The History of Technical Ceramics 3 Ceramic Materials 3.1 Definitions 3.2 Materials Groups 3.3 Classification 3.4 Material Descriptions
3.4.1 Silicate Ceramics 3.4.1.1 Technical Porcelain 3.4.1.2 Steatite 3.4.1.3 Cordierite 3.4.1.4 Mullite Ceramics 3.4.2 Oxide Ceramics 3.4.2.1 Aluminium oxide 3.4.2.2 Magnesium Oxide 3.4.2.3 Zirconium Oxide 3.4.2.4 Zirconium Oxide Toughend Aluminium Oxide 3.4.2.5 Aluminium Titanate 3.4.2.6 Titanium Dioxide 3.4.2.7 Barium Titanate 3.4.2.8 Lead zirconate titanate 3.4.2.9 Sintered fused silica 3.4.3 Non-oxide Ceramics 3.4.3.1 Carbides
3.4.3.1.1 Silicon carbide 3.4.3.1.2 Boron carbide
3.4.3.2 Nitrides
3.4.3.2.1 Silicon nitride 3.4.3.2.2 SIALONs 3.4.3.2.3 Aluminium Nitride
3.4.4 Special materials 3.4.4.1 Composite fibre-ceramic materials 3.4.4.2 Metal matrix composites
4 From Powder to Part 4.1 Manufacture
4.1.1 Raw Materials and Additives 4.1.2 Body preperation 4.1.3 Forming 4.1.4 From Forming to Firing 4.1.5 Dimensions and Shrinkage 4.1.6 Machining
4.2 Finishing
4.2.1 Hard machining 4.2.2 Surface Characteristics 4.2.2.1 Ground Surfaces 4.2.2.2 Honed surfaces 4.2.2.3 Lapped surfaces 4.2.2.4 Polished surfaces 4.2.3 Metallisation 4.2.4 Glazing and Enamelling (“engobe”) 4.2.5 Ceramic Coatings
5 Properties of Technical Ceramics 5.1 General Comparison 5.2 Classification of Useful Properties 5.3 Mechanical properties
5.5 Electrical Properties
