Ebook: Surfaces and Interfaces of Ceramic Materials

This book contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Surfaces and Interfaces of Ceramic Materials, held on the Oleron island, France, in September 1988. This Institute was organized in nine months after receiving the agreement of the NATO Scientific Affairs Division. Despite this very short time, most of the lecturers contacted have accepted our invitation to prepare a specific talk. The meeting was held at "La Vieille Perrotine" on the Oleron island. This holiday village of the French CNRS is located near the Ocean in a natural area which contributed to create a very pleasant atmosphere favourable to develop interaction between the 91 participants in this Institute. First of all, the Institute was aimed at diffusing the foremost results on the characterization of and the role played by surfaces, grain boundaries and interfaces in preparation and overall properties of ceramic materials, mainly of oxide ceramics. Through its interdisciplinary character, the Institute was also aimed at developing interaction between scientists and engineers interested in basic and practical aspects of processing and use of ceramics.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvii
Electron Spectroscopic Determination of the Electronic, Geometric and Chemisorption Properties of Oxide Surfaces....Pages 1-28
Structure & Microstructure of Interfaces in Ceramic Materials....Pages 29-55
Intergranular Phases in Polycrystalline Ceramics....Pages 57-79
Investigation of the Fractal Structure of the Pore-Grain Interface in Alumina Ceramics....Pages 81-92
Structure and Properties of Grain Boundary in MgO Bicrystals....Pages 93-108
Interfaces in Directionally Solidified Oxide-Oxide Eutectics....Pages 109-114
Grain Boundaries in Hexagonal Carbide Ceramics....Pages 115-140
Interfaces Between Pigeonite, Clinoamphibole and Augite....Pages 141-153
A Vibrational Study of Tetracyanoethylene Adsorbed on Magnesia....Pages 155-163
Investigation of Surface Hydroxyls on Cordierite Aerogel by FT-IR Spectroscopy....Pages 165-171
FT-IR Characterization of High Surface Area Silicon Nitride and Carbide....Pages 173-184
Theory of Dopant Segregation in Ceramic Oxides....Pages 185-203
Surface and Grain Boundary Segregation in Metal Oxides....Pages 205-239
Surface Diffusion and Surface Energies of Ceramics with application to the behavior of volatile fission products in ceramic nuclear fuels....Pages 241-272
Grain Boundary Diffusion in Ceramics....Pages 273-284
Segregation at Ceramic Surfaces and Effects on Mass Transport....Pages 285-299
The Role of Grain Boundaries and Interfaces on Superconductivity....Pages 301-318
Growth and Mass Transport in Ceramic Type Protective Scales on Metals....Pages 319-336
Dynamic Segregation in Multicomponent Oxides Under Chemical Potential Gradients....Pages 337-349
Study of Non Stoichiometric Pure and Zr-Doped Yttria Surfaces by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy....Pages 351-363
Segregation in ZrO2-Y2O3 Ceramics....Pages 365-372
Microstructural Changes and Dynamic Segregation Near an Interface Formed During the Reduction of (Fe1-x-yCay)O....Pages 373-374
Thermodynamics and Chemistry Of Ceramic-Metal Interfaces....Pages 375-392
Ceramic-Metal Interfaces....Pages 393-417
Small Particles and Thin Films of Metals on Ceramic Oxides....Pages 419-448
Modelling of Metal-Oxide Interface Behaviour During Oxide Scale Growth Controlled by Cation Diffusion....Pages 449-454
Interfacial Tension and Contact Angle in Immiscible Systems by Capillary Pressure Measurements....Pages 455-458
Characterization, Properties and Processing of Ceramic Powders....Pages 459-484
Some Current Issues on Polycrystalline Structures and Grain Growth....Pages 485-505
The Role of Surfaces In Ceramic Processes....Pages 507-519
Some Aspects of the Influence of Particle Size on Properties and Behaviour of a Dielectric Material : Example of Barium Titanate....Pages 521-533
Copper-Cordierite Cosintering....Pages 535-543
Grain Boundary Phenomena in the Early Stages of Sintering of MO Oxides....Pages 545-551
Sintering of Nd2O3 and Ceramic Stability to Hydration....Pages 553-563
Control of Carbon-Silicate Interface Area in the Preparation of Simon Ceramic Precursors from Clays....Pages 565-574
Preparation of an Alumina-Zirconia SOL for Producing Microspheres....Pages 575-585
Solid-Gas and Solid-Solid Interactions of Ceramic Oxides at High Temperatures....Pages 587-598
Growth of Ceramic Layers from Vapor Phase....Pages 599-624
Reactions of Ceramic Oxides with Aqueous Solutions (Including Dissolution)....Pages 625-638
Dissolution Mechanisms of Oxides and Titanate Ceramics — Electron Microscope and Surface Analytical Studies....Pages 639-662
The Role of Grain Boundary Modifications in the Thermal Decomposition of Mn-Ferrites....Pages 663-690
Nanophase Ceramics, Membranes and Ion Implanted Layers....Pages 691-699
Surface Determined Properties of Silicate Glasses....Pages 701-703
Importance of Interfacial Strength on Fracture Toughness of Brittle Matrix Composites....Pages 705-724
Precipitation Toughening and Precipitation Hardening in Y2O3-Stabilized ZrO2 Crystals....Pages 725-735
Residual Stresses in Porous Plasma-Sprayed Alumina Coating on Titanium Alloy for Medical Applications....Pages 737-760
W-TiN-SiC Materials for High Temperature Application....Pages 761-776
Colloidal Filtration of Hydrophobic Alumina. Influence of Sedimentation on Filtration Kinetics....Pages 777-778
Back Matter....Pages 779-787
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