Transparent Ceramics - Materials, Engineering, and Applications

A detailed account of various applications and uses of transparent ceramics and the future of the industry
 
In Transparent Ceramics: Materials, Engineering, and Applications, readers will discover the necessary foundation for understanding transparent ceramics (TCs) and the technical and economic factors that determine the overall worth of TCs. This book provides readers with a thorough history of TCs, as well as a detailed account of the materials, engineering and applications of TC in its various forms; fabrication and characterization specifics are also described. With this book, researchers, engineers, and students find a definitive guide to past and present use cases, and a glimpse into the future of TC materials.
 
The book covers a variety of TC topics, including:
 
* The methods employed for materials produced in a transparent state
 
* Detailed applications of TCs for use in lasers, IR domes, armor-windows, and various medical prosthetics
 
* A review of traditionally used transparent materials that highlights the benefits of TCs
 
* Theoretical science and engineering theories presented in correlation with learned data
 
* A look at past, present, and future use-cases of TCs
 
This insightful guide to ceramics that can be fabricated into bulk transparent parts will serve as a must-read for professionals in the industry, as well as students looking to gain a more thorough understanding of the field.

List of contents

Foreword xiii
 
Acknowledgments xv
 
General Abbreviations xvii
 
1 Introduction 1
 
1.1 Importance of Transparent Ceramics: The Book's Rationale Topic and Aims 1
 
1.2 Factors Determining the Overall Worth of Transparent Ceramics 2
 
1.2.1 Technical Characteristics 2
 
1.2.2 Fabrication and Characterization Costs 3
 
1.2.3 Overview of Worth 3
 
1.3 Spectral Domain for Ceramics High Transmission Targeted in This Book 3
 
1.3.1 High Transmission Spectral Domain 3
 
1.3.2 Electromagnetic Radiation/Solid Interaction in the Vicinity of the Transparency Domain 4
 
1.4 Definition of Transparency Levels 4
 
1.5 Evolution of Transmissive Ability Along the Ceramics Development History 6
 
1.5.1 Ceramics with Transparency Conferred by Glassy Phases 6
 
1.5.2 The First Fully Crystalline Transparent Ceramic 7
 
1.5.3 A Brief Progress History of All-Crystalline Transparent Ceramics 8
 
2 Electromagnetic Radiation: Interaction with Matter 11
 
2.1 Electromagnetic Radiation: Phenomenology and Characterizing Parameters 11
 
2.2 Interference and Polarization 13
 
2.3 Main Processes which Disturb Electromagnetic Radiation After Incidence on a Solid 13
 
2.3.1 Refraction 14
 
2.3.2 Reflection 17
 
2.3.3 Birefringence 20
 
2.3.4 Scattering 22
 
2.3.4.1 Scattering by Pores 22
 
2.3.4.2 Scattering Owed to Birefringence 24
 
2.3.5 Absorption 27
 
2.3.5.1 Transition Metal and Rare-Earth Cations in Transparent Ceramic Hosts 27
 
2.3.5.2 Absorption Spectra of Metal and Rare-Earth Cations Located in TC Hosts 28
 
2.3.5.2.1 Transition Metal and Rare-Earth Cations' Electronic Spectra: Theoretical Basis 29
 
2.3.5.2.1.1 Electronic States of a Cation in Free Space 29
 
2.3.5.2.2 Absorption Spectra of Transition Metal and Rare-Earth Cations: Examples 50
 
2.3.5.2.2.1 The Considered Solid Hosts 50
 
2.4 Physical Processes Controlling Light Absorption in the Optical Window Vicinity 54
 
2.4.1 High Photon Energy Window Cutoff: Ultraviolet Light Absorption in Solids 54
 
2.4.2 Low Photon Energy Window Cutoff: Infrared Light Absorption in Solids 58
 
2.4.2.1 Molecular Vibrations 58
 
2.4.2.2 Solid Vibrations 59
 
2.4.2.3 Acoustic Modes 61
 
2.4.2.4 Optical Modes 62
 
2.5 Thermal Emissivity 66
 
2.6 Color of Solids 67
 
2.6.1 Quantitative Specification of Color 67
 
2.6.2 Coloration Mechanisms: Coloration Based on Conductive Colloids 71
 
3 Ceramics Engineering: Aspects Specific to Those Transparent 73
 
3.1 Processing 73
 
3.1.1 List of Main Processing Approaches 73
 
3.1.2 Powder Compacts Sintering 73
 
3.1.2.1 Configuration Requirements for High Green Body Sinterability: Factors of Influence 73
 
3.1.2.2 Powder Processing and Green-Body Forming 77
 
3.1.2.2.1 Agglomerates 77
 
3.1.2.2.2 Powder Processing 80
 
3.1.2.2.3 Forming Techniques 81
 
3.1.2.2.3.1 Press Forming 81
 
3.1.2.2.3.2 Liquid-Suspensions Based Forming 84
 
3.1.2.2.3.3 Slip-Casting Under Strong Magnetic Fields 86
 
3.1.2.2.3.4 Gravitational Deposition, Centrifugal-Casting, and Filter-Pressing 88
 
3.1.2.3 Sintering 89
 
3.1.2.3.1 Low Relevancy of Average Pore Size 89
 
3.1.2.3.2 Pore Size Distribution Dynamics During Sintering 89
 
3.1.2.3.3 Grain Growth 93
 
3.1.2.3.4 Methods for Pores Closure Rate Increase 93
 
3.1.2.3.4.1 Liquid Assisted Sintering 94
 
3.1.2.3.4.2 Pressure Assisted Sintering 94
 

About the author

ADRIAN GOLDSTEIN, PHD, has led the Israel Ceramics Institute for twenty years, also teaching electronic ceramics, for a few years in the Materials Engineering Department of the Technion. He has authored one book and published over 35 refereed papers in leading journals. ANDREAS KRELL, PHD, has served as the Journal Associated Editor at the American Ceramic Society. He was Head of Department at Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, and he chaired the first European Transparent Ceramics Symposium. ZEEV BURSHTEIN, PHD, is a part-time Scientific Consultant at the Soreq Nuclear Research Center, where he also teaches in the Materials Engineering department. He served as chief advisor of the Israeli Minister of Science and Technology from 1990 ?1991.

Summary

A detailed account of various applications and uses of transparent ceramics and the future of the industry

In Transparent Ceramics: Materials, Engineering, and Applications, readers will discover the necessary foundation for understanding transparent ceramics (TCs) and the technical and economic factors that determine the overall worth of TCs. This book provides readers with a thorough history of TCs, as well as a detailed account of the materials, engineering and applications of TC in its various forms; fabrication and characterization specifics are also described. With this book, researchers, engineers, and students find a definitive guide to past and present use cases, and a glimpse into the future of TC materials.

The book covers a variety of TC topics, including:

* The methods employed for materials produced in a transparent state

* Detailed applications of TCs for use in lasers, IR domes, armor-windows, and various medical prosthetics

* A review of traditionally used transparent materials that highlights the benefits of TCs

* Theoretical science and engineering theories presented in correlation with learned data

* A look at past, present, and future use-cases of TCs

This insightful guide to ceramics that can be fabricated into bulk transparent parts will serve as a must-read for professionals in the industry, as well as students looking to gain a more thorough understanding of the field.

Product details

• Authors: Zeev Burshtein, A Goldstein, Adria Goldstein, Adrian Goldstein, Adrian Burshtein Goldstein, Adrian Krell Goldstein, Andrea Krell, Andreas Krell
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781119429494
• ISBN: 978-1-119-42949-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Physik, Optik, Ceramics, Physics, Photonik, Materialwissenschaften, Materials science, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik, Keramische Werkstoffe, Photonik u. Laser, Photonics & Lasers, Optik u. Photonik, Optics & Photonics, Keramik (Techn.), Keramischer Werkstoff, Transparente Keramik