Examines the latest processing and fabrication methods There is increasing interest in the application of advanced ceramic materials in diverse areas such as transportation, energy, environmental protection and remediation, communications, health, and aerospace. This book guides readers through a broad selection of key processing techniques for ceramics and their composites, enabling them to manufacture ceramic products and components with the properties needed for various industrial applications. With chapters contributed by internationally recognized experts in the field of ceramics, the book includes traditional fabrication routes as well as new and emerging approaches in order to meet the increasing demand for more reliable ceramic materials. Ceramics and Composites Processing Methods is divided into three sections: Densification, covering the fundamentals and practice of sintering, pulsed electric current sintering, and viscous phase silicate processing Chemical Methods, examining colloidal methods, sol-gel, gel casting, polymer processing, chemical vapor deposition, chemical vapor infiltration, reactive melt infiltration, and combustion synthesis Physical Methods, including directional solidification, solid free-form fabrication, microwave processing, electrophoretic deposition, and plasma spraying Each chapter focuses on a particular processing method or approach. Collectively, these chapters offer readers comprehensive, state-of-the-science information on the many approaches, techniques, and methods for the processing and fabrication of advanced ceramics and ceramic composites. With its coverage of the latest processing methods, Ceramics and Composites Processing Methods is recommended for researchers and students in ceramics, materials science, structural materials, biomedical engineering, and nanotechnology.

Examines the latest processing and fabrication methodsThere is increasing interest in the application of advanced ceramic materials in diverse areas such as transportation, energy, environmental protection and remediation, communications, health, and aerospace. This book guides readers through a broad selection of key processing techniques for ceramics and their composites, enabling them to manufacture ceramic products and components with the properties needed for various industrial applications. With chapters contributed by internationally recognized experts in the field of ceramics, the book includes traditional fabrication routes as well as new and emerging approaches in order to meet the increasing demand for more reliable ceramic materials.Ceramics and Composites Processing Methods is divided into three sections:* Densification, covering the fundamentals and practice of sintering, pulsed electric current sintering, and viscous phase silicate processing* Chemical Methods, examining colloidal methods, sol-gel, gel casting, polymer processing, chemical vapor deposition, chemical vapor infiltration, reactive melt infiltration, and combustion synthesis* Physical Methods, including directional solidification, solid free-form fabrication, microwave processing, electrophoretic deposition, and plasma sprayingEach chapter focuses on a particular processing method or approach. Collectively, these chapters offer readers comprehensive, state-of-the-science information on the many approaches, techniques, and methods for the processing and fabrication of advanced ceramics and ceramic composites.With its coverage of the latest processing methods, Ceramics and Composites Processing Methods is recommended for researchers and students in ceramics, materials science, structural materials, biomedical engineering, and nanotechnology.

Preface viiContributors ixPART I DENSIFICATION 11 SINTERING: FUNDAMENTALS AND PRACTICE 3Rajendra K. Bordia and Héctor Camacho-Montes2 THE ROLE OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT AND FIELD DURING PULSEDELECTRIC CURRENT SINTERING 43K. Vanmeensel, A. Laptev, S. G. Huang, J. Vleugels, and O. Vander Biest3 VISCOUS-PHASE SILICATE PROCESSING 75Ralf Müller and Stefan ReinschPART II CHEMICAL METHODS 1454 COLLOIDAL METHODS 147Rodrigo Moreno5 PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS OF SOL-GEL GLASS183Esther H. Lan and Bruce Dunn6 GELCASTING OF CERAMIC BODIES 199Katherine T. Faber and Noah O. Shanti7 POLYMER PROCESSING OF CERAMICS 235Emanuel Ionescu and Ralf Riedel8 CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF STRUCTURAL CERAMICS ANDCOMPOSITES 271Takashi Goto9 CVI PROCESSING OF CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 313Andrea Lazzeri10 REACTIVE MELT-INFILTRATION PROCESSING OF FIBER-REINFORCEDCERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 351Natalie Wali and J.-M. Yang11 COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS: AN UPDATE 391S. B. BhaduriPART III PHYSICAL METHODS 41512 DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION 417Víctor M. Orera and José I. Peña13 SOLID FREE-FORM FABRICATION OF 3-D CERAMIC STRUCTURES459James E. Smay and Jennifer A. Lewis14 MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF CERAMIC AND CERAMIC MATRIXCOMPOSITES 485Cristina Leonelli and Paolo Veronesi15 ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION 517Maria Cannio, SaSa Novak, Laxmidhar Besra, and Aldo R.Boccaccini16 PROCESSING OF CERAMICS BY PLASMA SPRAYING 551Robert VaßenIndex 567