Surfaces and Interfaces of Ceramic Materials

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 ZrO 2 -Y 2 O 3 Ceramics....Pages 365-372
Microstructural Changes and Dynamic Segregation Near an Interface Formed During the Reduction of (Fe 1-x-y Ca y )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
Variation with Processing Conditions of Bulk and Grain Boundary PTCR Phenomena in Doped BaTiO 3 ....Pages 535-543
Copper-Cordierite Cosintering....Pages 545-551
Grain Boundary Phenomena in the Early Stages of Sintering of MO Oxides....Pages 553-563
Sintering of Nd 2 O 3 and Ceramic Stability to Hydration....Pages 565-574
Control of Carbon-Silicate Interface Area in the Preparation of Simon Ceramic Precursors from Clays....Pages 575-585
Preparation of an Alumina-Zirconia SOL for Producing Microspheres....Pages 587-598
Solid-Gas and Solid-Solid Interactions of Ceramic Oxides at High Temperatures....Pages 599-624
Growth of Ceramic Layers from Vapor Phase....Pages 625-638
Reactions of Ceramic Oxides with Aqueous Solutions (Including Dissolution)....Pages 639-662
Dissolution Mechanisms of Oxides and Titanate Ceramics — Electron Microscope and Surface Analytical Studies....Pages 663-690
The Role of Grain Boundary Modifications in the Thermal Decomposition of Mn-Ferrites....Pages 691-699
Temptative Modeling of Surface Reactivity with Oxidizing-Reducing Mixtures on Rutile TiO 2-δ ....Pages 701-703
Nanophase Ceramics, Membranes and Ion Implanted Layers....Pages 705-724
Surface Determined Properties of Silicate Glasses....Pages 725-735
Importance of Interfacial Strength on Fracture Toughness of Brittle Matrix Composites....Pages 737-760
Precipitation Toughening and Precipitation Hardening in Y 2 O 3 -Stabilized ZrO 2 Crystals....Pages 761-776
Residual Stresses in Porous Plasma-Sprayed Alumina Coating on Titanium Alloy for Medical Applications....Pages 777-778
W-TiN-SiC Materials for High Temperature Application....Pages 779-787
Colloidal Filtration of Hydrophobic Alumina. Influence of Sedimentation on Filtration Kinetics....Pages 789-798
Back Matter....Pages 799-806