Eutectically solidifed ceramics

The eutectically solidified ceramics represent a large group of ceramic systems with microstructures that can be tailored during cooling. Since the eutectic solidification is based on the simultaneous crystallization of two solids from one liquid, many complex arrangements of the eutectic phases have been observed [93]. A schematic representation of a eutectic reaction is as follows ... 

Figure 8.10. Morphologies in directed solidification. From V. S. Stubican, R. C. Bradt, F. L. Kennard, W. J. Minford, and C. C. Sorrel. Ceramic eutectic composites. In R. E. Tressler, G. L. Messing, C. G. Pantano, and R. E. Newnham (eds.). Tailoring Multiphase Composite Ceramics. Plenum, New York (1984). Morphologies from D. Michel, Y. Rouaux, and M. Perez y Yorba. J. Mater. Sci. 15,61 (1960). With kind permission of Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Direct Firing. The firing of pottery or vitreous enamelware in a fuel-fired kiln or furnace without protection of the ware from the products of combustion. Directional Solidification. This is a technique for preparing lamellar or fibrous composites of ceramics and/or metals by growth from a molten eutectic... 

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