Sintering of Ceramics

Sintering of Ceramics provides a comprehensive treatment of the theories and principles of sintering and their application to the production of advanced ceramics with the required target microstructure. Revised and updated throughout, this Second Edition reflects the main developments in the field since publication of the First Edition and offers readers a more practical approach to principles and methods of sintering. - Features two new chapters, one on numerical simulation of sintering and the other on rapid sintering of ceramics - Includes new coverage on grain boundary complexions in relation to microstructural control during sintering, and an expanded treatment of the driving force for sintering, referred to as the sintering stress - Covers sintering fundamentals, solid-state sintering, viscous sintering, grain growth and microstructural control, liquid-phase sintering, and pressure-assisted sintering - Covers special topics that include sintering difficulties such as effects of structural inhomogeneities on sintering, constrained sintering of composites, adherent thin films and multilayers, morphological stability of continuous phases and thin films, and sintering with concurrent reaction or crystallization - Explains practical methods for improving sintering techniques, the effects of process variables on sintering behavior, and applications of sintering to the development of advanced ceramics Sintering of Ceramics provides an essential text for a senior undergraduate, introductory graduate, or continuing education course in sintering, as well as an ideal reference text for scientists and engineers involved in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced ceramics. The book features a Solutions Manual and figure slides for adopting professors.

Mohamed N. Rahaman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla, where he was a full-time faculty member for over 30 years. His books titled Ceramic Processing, now in its second edition, and Sintering of Ceramics are used at several universities where ceramics courses are taught and in the ceramics field in general. Dr. Rahaman is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and the author or co-author of over 270 refereed publications.

1. Sintering: An Overview. 2. Sintering Fundamentals. 3. Solid-State and Viscous Sintering. 4. Grain Growth in Dense and Porous Ceramics. 5. Control of Grain Growth and Microstructure. 6. Numerical Simulation of Sintering. 7. Liquid-Phase Sintering. 8. Special Topics in Sintering. 9. Rapid Sintering of Ceramics. 10. Sintering Process Variables and Sintering Practice.