Applications in ceramics

Traditionally ceramics are solid inorganic substances obtained by employing high temperatures of naturally derived substances like clay. Because of the similarities in materials and production processes, the field of glasses is also included in ceramics. Thus ceramics include both crystalline inorganics and amorphous substances [68]. 

MODERN ASPECTS OF RARE EARTHS AND THEIR COMPLEXES 

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An advanced ceramic is characterized by (i) synthesis of materials of defined composition, (ii) manufacture under controlled conditions of pressure and temperature, and (iii) those that provide some special functions. 

High technology ceramics can be used in (i) components in automobile engines, 

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Orlovskaya, N., Lugovy, M., Subbotin, V., Radchenko, O., Adams, J., Chheda, M., Shih, J., Sankar, J., Yarmolenko, S., Design and manufacturing B4C-SiC layered ceramics for armor applications, in Ceramic Armor and Armor Systems ( Ceramic Transactions, Volume 151), 2003, pp. 59-70. 

Polysilanes have proved to be an intriguing class of inorganic polymers with many versatile applications in ceramics, photoelectronics, photoresistors, and nonlinear optics.8,9 The unusual optoelectronic properties of polysilanes are attributed to sigma-conjugation of the silicon atoms in the polymer backbone chain, depending on the molecular weight, conformation, and substituents of the polymer.10a Wurtz-type... 

Mistier, R.E. (1995) The principles of tape casting and tape casting applications, in Ceramic Processing (eds R.A. Terpstra, P.P.A.C. Pexand A.H. deVries), Chapman Hall, London, UK, Chapter 5. 

For typical applications in ceramic materials, PVS has been investigated as a matrix for SiC/SiC composite. " The interface properties in the synthesized composites were improved, possibly due to the liquid nature of PVS during impregnation at room temperature. High stability in environments containing oxygen and moisture is another attractive property of PVS for industrial uses. 

Lithium aluminate, LiAlsOg with the inverse spinel structure, is a material with possible applications in ceramic blankets for thermal control of fusion reactors. Li and Li NMR has been used to measure the spin-lattice relaxation of lithium in this compound (Stewart et al. 1995). The results indicate that Li relaxes most significantly through interactions with paramagnetic impurities, whereas Li relaxes much more strongly through dipole-dipole interactions. 

S. Uhlenbruck, N. Jordan, D. Sebold, H.P. Buchkremer, V.A.C. Haanappel and D. Stover, Thin Film Coating Technologies of (Ce,Gd)02.6 Interlayers for Application in Ceramic High-Temperature Fuel Cells, Thin Solid Films, 515,4053-4060(2007). 

The methods of soft chemistry include sol-gel, electrochemical, hydrothermal, intercalation and ion-exchange processes. Many of these methods are employed routinely for the synthesis of ceramic materials. - There have been recent reviews of the electrochemical methods, intercalation reactions, and the sol-gel technique. The sol-gel method has been particularly effective with wide-ranging applications in ceramics, catalysts, porous solids and composites and has given rise to fine precursor chemistry. Hydrothennal synthesis has been employed for the synthesis of oxidic materials under mild conditions and most of the porous solids and open-framework structures using organic templates are prepared hydro-thermally. The advent of supramolecular chemistry has started to make an impact on synthesis, mesoporous solids being well known examples. ... 

Polymers with silicon-silicon single bonds in the backbone have been known for some time. It was only within the last lQ-15 years, however, that high molecular weight materials were developed. Behind the current interest in these materials is a realization that they have various potential applications in ceramic fibers, in microlithography,in photoconductionand as nonlinear optical materials. 

In conclusion, although this mechanism has been used to account for superplasticity in metals and metaUic alloys, at presentthere is no evidence of its applicability in ceramics. 

Ferroelectrics are the prime material for piezoelectric applications in ceramic form, due to the discovery of the electrical poling process that aligns the internal polarization of the crystallites within the ceramic, and causes the ceramic to act in similar fashion to a piezoelectric single crystal. Three categories of applications have... 

Because of the large dielectric constant of barium titanate at ambient temperature, it finds application in ceramic disc capacitors. The large dielectric constant allows higher capacitance with less volume. 

The commercial prodnction of PPC is still quite modest at several kilotous annually and its use is limited primarily to binder applications in ceramic sintering processes where it benefits from a lower decomposition temperature compared to other binders [25]. More recently developed cobalt salem catalysts [26] and proprietary catalysts with improved activity and selectivity are able to prodnce tailored PPC polyols with specific molecular weights and hydroxyl group functionalities [27,28]. The polyurethanes synthesized from these polyols are reported to exhibit increased strength and durability caused by the polycarbonate backbone [29]. Besides C02-based PPC, other poly(alkylene carbonate)s are produced in pilot-scale processes [27]. 

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