An updated edition of the essential guide to the technology of
glass-ceramic technology
Glass-ceramic materials share many properties with both glass and more
traditional crystalline ceramics. The revised third edition of
Glass-Ceramic Technology offers a comprehensive and updated guide to
the various types of glass-ceramic materials, the methods of
development, and the myriad applications for glass-ceramics. Written in
an easy-to-use format, the book includes an explanation of the new
generation of glass-ceramics.
The updated third edition explores glass-ceramics new materials and
properties and reviews the expanding regions for applying these
materials. The new edition contains current information on
glass/glass-ceramic forming in general and explores specific systems,
crystallization mechanisms and products such as: ion exchange
strengthening of glass-ceramics, glass-ceramics for mobile phones, new
glass-ceramics for energy, and new glass-ceramics for optical and
architectural application. It also contains a new section on dental
materials and twofold controlled crystallization. This revised guide:
- Offers an important new section on glass/glass ceramic forming
- Includes the fundamentals and the application of nanotechnology as
related to glass-ceramic technology
- Reviews the development of the various types of glass-ceramic
materials
- Covers information on new glass-ceramics with new materials and
properties and outlines the opportunities for applying these materials
Written for ceramic and materials engineers, managers, and designers in
the ceramic and glass industry, the third edition of Glass-Ceramic
Technology features new sections on Glass/Glass-Ceramic Forming and new
Glass-Ceramics as well as expanded sections on dental materials and
twofold controlled crystallization.
