| Ceramics
Chapter Objectives
- Define and classify ceramic materials including traditional and engineering ceramics.
- Describe various ceramic crystal structures.
- Describe carbon and its allotropes.
- Describe various processing methods for ceramics.
- Describe the mechanical properties of ceramics and the corresponding mechanisms of
deformation, toughening, and failure of ceramics.
- Describe thermal properties of ceramics.
- Describe various types of ceramic glasses, glass transition temperature, forming methods,
and structure of glass.
- Describe various ceramic coatings and applications.
- Be able to explain the use of ceramics in biomedical applications and nanotechnology.
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