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Contact: Aimιe F. Zerla, Promotions Project Coordinator 614/794-5893 March 4, 2004 |
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The American Ceramic Society Announces Recently Published Science and Technology Books on Ceramics |
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WESTERVILLE, OHIO — The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) is proud to announce nine new titles in science and technology books on ceramics. Topics include bioceramics, nanomaterials, ceramic armor, ceramic matrix composites, and processing and synthesis of ceramics. ACerS is an international association of scientists, engineers and industrialists who are active in the creation of new products, applications and research regarding ceramics and related materials. ACerS serves more than 8,000 members and subscribers in 80 countries with periodicals and books, meetings and expositions, and online technical information. For further information on books, to obtain a book catalog or to place an order, contact The American Ceramic Society, Customer Service Department, P.O. Box 6136, Westerville, Ohio 43086-6136; phone 614/794-5890; E-mail: customerservice@ceramics.org; fax 614/794-5892; or www.ceramics.org. FACT SHEETS Bioceramics: Materials and Applications IV Ceramic Transactions, Volume 147 Veeraraghavan Sundar, Richard P. Rusin, and Claire A. Rutiser, editors ©2003 Hardcover 170 pages ISBN 1-57498-202-8 Order code: CT147 List price: $109 The American Ceramic Society Member price: $87 The content from this proceedings comes from a symposium honoring Larry Hench, a pioneer in the field of bioceramics. Prof. Hench has condensed his Sosman Lecture into the keynote paper for this volume. In addition, this proceedings draws together research in the different aspects of bioceramics and illustrate its unifying themes. Apatites and active bone substitute materials are well represented, with extended analyses of processing effects and variations in making these materials more functional. A series of papers on interactions between ceramics and biological environments with some much needed analysis of why ceramics succeed or dont in vivo are included in this volume. Ceramic Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology II Ceramic Transactions, Volume 148 Mark R. De Guire, Michael Z. Hu, Yury Gogotsi, and Song Wei Lu, editors ©2004 Hardcover 203 pages ISBN 1-57498-203-6 Order code: CT148 List price: $129 The American Ceramic Society Member price: $103 In a relatively short time, the field of nanostructured materials has expanded from a novel area of research to a technology with a significant and rapidly growing commercial sector. This proceedings contains papers on the follwing topics: Synthesis and Processing of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Assemblies; Fabrication and Properties of Nanocomposites; Characterization and Properties of Nanomaterials; and Industrial Development and Applications of Nanomaterials. Fabrication of Long-Length and Bulk High Temperature Superconductors Ceramic Transactions, Volume 149 Ruling Meng, Amit Goyal, Winnie Wong-Ng, Herbert C. Freyhardt and Kaname Matsumoto, editors ©2004 Hardcover 187 pages ISBN 1-57498-204-4 Order Code: CT149 List price: $109 The American Ceramic Society Member price: $87 This comprehensive volume is a good summary of the latest developments in high-temperature superconductor (HTS) research and is a good resource for researchers and managers working in this field. The book is divided into three chapters: coated conductors; BSCCO-based conductors, MgB2, and other HTS materials; and control of microstructure. Papers include topics such as long-length flexible wires and tapes, melt-textured YBCO materials, processing of HTS materials, the current status and potential for YBCO-based coated conductors, BSCCO-based conductors, and MgB2 based wires. Ceramic Materials and Multilayer Electronic Devices Ceramic Transactions, Volume 150 K.M. Nair, A.S. Bhalla, S.-I. Hirano, D. Suvorov, W. Zhu, and R. Schwartz, editors ©2004 Hardcover 490 pages ISBN 1-57498-205-2 Order Code: CT150 List price: $129 The American Ceramic Society Member price: $103 This volume contains a collection of 40 papers from two symposia: Advanced Dielectric Materials and Multilayer Electronic Devices and High Strain Piezoelectric Materials, Devices and Applications. Topics include fundamental and historical perspectives of dielectric materials; relaxor materials and devices; highstrain piezoelectric devices; advanced aspects of powder preparation, characterization, and properties; thin films; materials for low and high frequency applications; processing-structure-property-relationships; and future applications. Ceramic Armor and Armor Systems Ceramic Transactions, Volume 151 Eugene Medvedovski, editor ©2003 Hardcover 188 pages ISBN 1-57498-206-0 Order code: CT151 List price: $109 The American Ceramic Society Member price: $87 The latest achievements in the area of development, design, modeling and evaluation of ceramic armor and armor systems are included in this volume. This is a must-have book for ceramic and materials scientists, engineers and students working with the development, manufacturing and study of ceramic armor. It also is for those who design and evaluate armor systems and for those who select and use armor products. Collodial Ceramic Processing of Nano-, Micro-, and Macro-Particulate Systems Ceramic Transactions Volume 152 Wei-Heng Shih, Yoshihiro Hirata, William Carty, editors ©2004 Hardcover 150 pages ISBN 1-57498-211-7 Order code: CT152 List price: $109 The American Ceramic Society Member price: $87 Colloidal processing has always been a major processing method. It facilitates control of particle interactions through a wide variety of schemes, which include surface coating, dispersion additives, and solvent control, among others. Controlling particle interactions also permits better resultant rheology and controlled green microstructures via a wide range of forming methods. In recent years, the particle size involved has been broadened into both the nanometer and the larger than micrometer ranges. This book covers fundamental issues encountered in colloidal processing nano-(less than 0.1 micron), micro-(from 0.1 to 5 micron) and macro-(larger than 5 micron) particulate systems and at the same time explores applications for these developments. Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites IX Ceramic Transactions, Volume 153 Narottam P. Bansal, J. P. Singh, Waltraud M. Kriven, and Hartmut Schneider, editors ©2003 Hardcover 346 pages ISBN 1-57498-207-9 Order code: CT153 List price: $109 The American Ceramic Society Member price: $87 Ceramic-matrix composites are strong, tough, environmentally stable, lightweight, and capable of withstanding high-operating temperatures. This makes them viable candidate materials for high-temperature structural applications. Twenty-three papers describing the latest developments in the areas of ceramic fibers, processing and fabrication, oxide and non-oxide composites, and carbon-carbon composites are included in the volume. This book also contains papers on geopolymer composites, mechanical behavior, corrosion and environmental effects, characterization, fiber-matrix interface, design of composites, and thermal/environmental barrier coatings. Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites VII Ceramic Transactions, Volume 154 J.P. Singh and Narottam P. Bansal, editors ©2003 Hardcover 335 pages ISBN 1-57498-208-7 Order code: CT154 List price: $109 The American Ceramic Society Member price: $87 This book covers topics on state-of-the-art ceramic and glass processing and characterization including solution method and nanocrystalline powders, polymer precursor and sol-gel technology, and microwave processing. Materials scientists, engineers, and managers working in universities, research labs and industry will find the information very beneficial. Indentation Techniques in Ceramic Materials Characterization Ceramic Transactions, Volume 156 Ahmad G. Solomah, editor ©2004 Hardcover 162 pages ISBN: 1-57498-212-5 Order Code: CT156 List price: $109 The American Ceramic Society Member price: $87 Indentation techniques have become widely used in the characterization of brittle solids due to their simplicity, cost effectiveness, rapidness, and maybe most importantly, the indenter itself can be used as a mechanical microprobe in thin films, interfaces, grain boundaries, and nanocomposites. The application of nanoindentation technique, as a new frontier in brittle solids characterization is included in this volume along with uses of indentation mechanics to analyze industrial and medical applications such as grinding, scribing, and fatigue in dental ceramics. Finally, this proceedings contains an overview of an open forum discussion on the technical and analytical problems associated with indentation techniques, shedding light on many forgotten issues that were ignored over the last three decades of research. |
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