Lightweight Materials: Understanding the Basics
Chapter 10: Structural Ceramics
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Published:2012
Abstract
Ceramics normally have high melting temperatures, excellent chemical stability and, due to the absence of conduction electrons, tend to be good electrical and thermal insulators. They are also inherently hard and brittle, and when loaded in tension, have almost no tolerance for flaws. This chapter describes the applications, properties, and behaviors of some of the more widely used structural ceramics, including alumina, aluminum titanate, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, zirconia, zirconia-toughened alumina (ZTA), magnesia-partially stabilized zirconia (Mg-PSZ), and yttria-tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline (Y-TZP). It also provides information on materials selection, design optimization, and joining methods, and covers every step of the...
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Member Sign InStructural Ceramics, Lightweight Materials: Understanding the Basics, Edited By F.C. Campbell, ASM International, 2012, p 511–568, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.tb.lmub.t53550511
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