Ceramics and Composites Processing Methods

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.

Preface vii Contributors ix PART I DENSIFICATION 1 1 SINTERING: FUNDAMENTALS AND PRACTICE 3 Rajendra K. Bordia and Héctor Camacho-Montes 2 THE ROLE OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT AND FIELD DURING PULSED ELECTRIC CURRENT SINTERING 43 K. Vanmeensel, A. Laptev, S. G. Huang, J. Vleugels, and O. Van der Biest 3 VISCOUS-PHASE SILICATE PROCESSING 75 Ralf Müller and Stefan Reinsch PART II CHEMICAL METHODS 145 4 COLLOIDAL METHODS 147 Rodrigo Moreno 5 PROCESSING AND APPLICATIONS OF SOL–GEL GLASS 183 Esther H. Lan and Bruce Dunn 6 GELCASTING OF CERAMIC BODIES 199 Katherine T. Faber and Noah O. Shanti 7 POLYMER PROCESSING OF CERAMICS 235 Emanuel Ionescu and Ralf Riedel 8 CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF STRUCTURAL CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES 271 Takashi Goto 9 CVI PROCESSING OF CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 313 Andrea Lazzeri 10 REACTIVE MELT-INFILTRATION PROCESSING OF FIBER-REINFORCED CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 351 Natalie Wali and J.-M. Yang 11 COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS: AN UPDATE 391 S. B. Bhaduri PART III PHYSICAL METHODS 415 12 DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION 417 Víctor M. Orera and José I. Peña 13 SOLID FREE-FORM FABRICATION OF 3-D CERAMIC STRUCTURES 459 James E. Smay and Jennifer A. Lewis 14 MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF CERAMIC AND CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 485 Cristina Leonelli and Paolo Veronesi 15 ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION 517 Maria Cannio, Saša Novak, Laxmidhar Besra, and Aldo R. Boccaccini 16 PROCESSING OF CERAMICS BY PLASMA SPRAYING 551 Robert Vaßen Index 567