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In the broad range of ceramic materials that are used for electrical and electronic apphcations, each category of material exhibits unique property characteristics which directiy reflect composition, processing, and microstmcture. Detailed treatment is given primarily to those property characteristics relating to insulation behavior and electrical conduction processes. Further details concerning the more specialized electrical behavior in ceramic materials, eg, polarization, dielectric, ferroelectric, piezoelectric, electrooptic, and magnetic phenomena, are covered in References 1—9. 

Refractories and Molds. Citric acid is used as a binder for refractory cements, imparting volume stabiUty and strength in ceramic materials for electrical condensers, foundry and glassmaking molds, and sand molds for metal castings (219—223). 

Stress in crystalline solids produces small shifts, typically a few wavenumbers, in the Raman lines that sometimes are accompanied by a small amount of line broadening. Measurement of a series of Raman spectra in high-pressure equipment under static or uniaxial pressure allows the line shifts to be calibrated in terms of stress level. This information can be used to characterize built-in stress in thin films, along grain boundaries, and in thermally stressed materials. Microfocus spectra can be obtained from crack tips in ceramic material and by a careful spatial mapping along and across the crack estimates can be obtained of the stress fields around the crack. ... 

G. Bednorz and K. A. Miiller (Zurich) for their important breakthrough in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials. 

Phosphorus, in biological samples, determination by monochromatic x-ray absorption-edge method, 299-301 in ceramic materials, determination by x-ray emission spectrography, 222 in phosphate rocks, determination by x-ray emission spectrography, 260, 261... 

Lankford, J., and Davidson, D. L., The Crack-Initiation Threshold in Ceramic Materials Subject to Elastic/Plastic Indentation, /. Mater. Sen, Vol. 14,1979,pp. 1662-1668. 

Domenech A, Sanchez S, Yusa DJ, Moya M, Gimeno JV, Bosch F (2004) Determination of the borondead ratio in ceramic materials based on electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance. Electroanalysis 16 1814-1822. 

Close packing, which is described in more detail in Section 11.2.1.2, gives not only the densest packing of spheres but also represents the arrangement of lowest energy when an array of like charges is confined to a fixed volume. This rule not only applies separately to the cations and the anions in ceramics, it also applies to the arrangement of the atoms in a metal. One consequence is that the same cation lattices are found in both metals and in ceramic materials (O Keeffe and Hyde 1985). 

Clarke, L. R., Chou, C.-H., Khuri-Yakub, B. T., and Marshall, D. B. (1985). Acoustic evaluation of grinding damage in ceramic materials. IEEE 1985 Ultrasonics Symposium, pp. 979-82. IEEE, New York. [273]... 

Lankford J., Davidson D. L., 1979a, The crack-initiation threshold in ceramic materials subject to elastic-plastic indentation, J. Mater. Sci., 14, 1662-1668. 

Fractures in ceramic materials are elaborately discussed in chapters 9 and 14. 

Can this model also be applied to ceramic superconductors After extensive correspondence and a literature search involving scanning tunneling electronmicroscopy and screw dislocations in crystals, I decided to drop this subject, mainly because it exceeds the level of this book. It can, however, be concluded that superconductivity in ceramic materials is based on a different mechanism. 

Miwa, T., T. Yoshimori, and T. Takeuchi Determination of Boron in ceramic Materials by Pyrohydrolytic Separation and Coulometric Titration. J. Chem. Soc. Japan, Ind. Chem. Sect. 64, 2045 (1964). 

In the five reviews presented in the volumes 101 and 102 of Structure and Bonding an attempt has been made to cover both the essential and the most recent advances achieved in this particular field of materials research. The scope of the individual contributions is such as to address both graduate students, specializing in ceramic materials, and all scientists in academia or industry dealing with materials research and development. Each review provides, in its introductory part, the chemical, physical and, to some extent, historical background of the respective material, and then focuses on the most relevant and the most recent achievements. 

Dr Christos Kastritseas, Dr Paul Smith and Dr Julie Yeomans Reader in Ceramic Materials School of Engineering Postal Area H6 University of Surrey Guildford Surrey GU2 7XH UK... 

Belousov, V.V., (2004), Wetting of grain boundaries in ceramic materials , Colloid Journal, 66 (2) 121-127. 

Klie, R.F., and Y. Zhu. 2005. Atomic resolution STEM analysis of defects and interfaces in ceramic materials. Micron 36 (3) 219-231. 

Fundamental concepts of the molecular layering method have been developed and applied by the team headed by Professor Valentine Aleskovsky in Russia. This method, similar to atomic layer epitaxy and atomic layer deposition, has been used to create monolayers on oxides and polymers as humidity sensors, flame retardants, and agents to enhance sintering in ceramic materials. 

Recognizing the applicability of XRD to occupational health chemistry, Lennox and Leroux (1) suggested a number of chemical species which would be suitable for XRD analysis arsenic trioxide, beryllium oxide, mica, vanadium oxides, calcium fluoride in ceramic materials, as well as a number of organics such as DDT, lindane and chlordane. Unfortunately, the general application of XRD to the quantitation of industrial hygiene samples has not been realized and the majority of these analyses are restricted to free silica and to a lesser extent asbestos and talc. 

K.-H. Yang, A. S. Kobayashi, and A. F. Emery, Effects of Loading Rates and Temperature on Dynamic Fracture of Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites, in Ceramic Materials and Components for Engines, eds. V. J. Tennery and M. K. Ferber, American Ceramic Society, Columbus, OH, 1989, pp. 766-775. 

R. L. Coble, A Model for Boundary Diffusion Controlled Creep in Ceramic Materials, J. Appl. Phys., 34,1679-1682 (1963). 

Analogous approaches to the control of glass films in ceramic materials would provide one route for the proper manipulation of crack growth resistance at high temperatures. 

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