Crystals in Glass

A "must-have" for materials engineers, chemists, physicists, and geologists, this is one of the first "coffee-table" books in the field of glass science. Containing over fifty beautiful micrographs, the book reflects 35 years of original research by a highly regarded authority in the field. It contains 50 slides culled from tens of thousands of images on glass crystal nucleation, growth, and crystallization. The images represent glass crystallization mechanisms, including internal, surface, homogeneous, heterogeneous, and eutectic, crystal nucleation and growth.

Foreword vii Introduction: 36 Years of Research and Discoveries about Glass Crystallization xi Glass Myth Shattered (Science Now, May 16, 1998) xix Acknowledgments xxi Letter from S. D. Stookey – The Inventor of Glass-ceramics xxii Crystals in Glass – A Celebration of Science and Art 1 Internal Nucleation in Glasses 7 Surface Nucleation on Glasses 45 Viscous Sintering with Concurrent Crystallization 71 Eutectic Crystallization 79 Cracks and Bubbles in Glass-ceramics 93 Reviews of “Crystals in Glass: A Hidden Beauty” 105 About the Author 109