Ceramography provides detailed instructions on how to saw, mount, grind, polish, etch, examine, interpret and measure ceramic microstructures. It will be a reference guide for technicians in quality control and R&D, process engineers in ceramic manufacturing, and their counterparts in engineering firms, national laboratories, research institutes, and universities. The book includes an atlas of ceramic microstructures, quantitative microstructural example problems with solutions, properties and data tables specific to ceramic microstructures, more than 100 original photographs and illustrations, and numerous practical tips and tricks of the trade.
Preface
About the Author
List of Subroutines
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Ceramic Fabrication
Chapter 3 : Sawing and Mounting
Chapter 4 : Grinding and Polishing
Chapter 5 : Etching
Chapter 6 : Petrographic Thin Section Preparation
Chapter 7 : Optics and Microscopy
Chapter 8 : Atlas of Ceramic Microstructures
Chapter 9 : Quantitative Ceramography
Chapter 10 : Qualitative Ceramography
Chapter 11 : Image Analysis
Appendix A : ASTM Procedures Applicable to Ceramography
Appendix B : List of Ceramographic Equipment Manufacturers
Appendix C : Abrasive Size Equivalents
Index
