Ceramic Powder Preparation: A Handbook, 1997

3. 1 Techniques of Comminution 35 3. 2 Solid-Solid Reactions 42 3. 2. 1 Mixing and Calcination 42 3. 2. 2 Modem Techniques 45 3. 3 Solution Techniques 46 3. 3. 1 Precipitation and Co-precipitation 46 Forced Hydrolysis 3. 3. 2 49 3. 3. 3 Hydrotbennal Synthesis 51 The Sol-Gel Process 3. 3. 4 53 3. 3. 5 Hydrolysis of Metal-Organics 56 The Emulsion Process 3. 3. 6 56 Solvent Vaporization 3. 4 59 3. 4. 1 Simple Evaporation 59 3. 4. 2 Spray Drying 60 3. 4. 3 Spray Pyrolysis 64 3. 4. 4 Freeze Drying 66 3. 5 Vapour-Phase Techniques 68 3. 5. 1 Vaporization-Condensation 68 3. 5. 2 Vapour-Vapour Reaction 68 3. 5. 3 Vapour-Liquid Reaction 70 3. 5. 4 Vapour-Solid Reaction 71 3. 6 Precursor Decomposition 72 3. 6. 1 Salt Decomposition 72 3. 6. 2 Polymer Pyrolysis 73 4. Synthetic Powders : Options in Preparation 75 4. 0 Introduction 75 4. 1 Single and Multiple Oxide Powders 75 4. 1. 1 Aluminium Oxide 75 4. 1. 2 Zirconium Oxide 85 4. 1. 3 Titanium Oxide 96 4. 1. 4 Magnesium Oxide 99 4. 1. 5 Silicon Dioxide 101 4. 1. 6 Rare Earth Oxides 105 Yttrium Oxide 105 Cerium Oxide 106 4. 1. 7 Zinc Oxide 107 [vi] 4. 1. 8 Mullite 110 4. 1. 9 Magnesium Aluminate Spinel 114 4. 1.

Preface. 1: Ceramic Powders and Their Applications. 1.0. Introduction. 1.1. What are Ceramic Powders Made of? 1.2. Applications. 2: Why Synthetic Ceramic Powders? 2.0. Introduction. 2.1. Inadequacies of Natural Powders. 2.2. The Nature of Ceramic Powders: Modern Demands and Developments. 3: Techniques of Powder Preparation. 3.0. Introduction. 3.1. Techniques of Comminution. 3.3. Solution Techniques. 3.4. Solvent Vaporization. 3.5. Vapour-Phase Techniques. 3.6. Precursor Decomposition. 4: Synthetic Powders: Options in Preparation. 4.0. Introduction. 4.1. Single and Multiple Oxide Powders. 4.2. Non-Oxide Powders. References. Subject Index.

This handbook is a ready reference providing comprehensive information on the state of the art of ceramic powder preparation and the characteristics of such powders. An introduction to the present applications of ceramic powders is followed by a detailed account of the different chemical and physical techniques of powder preparation.