Download or read book Physical Ceramics written by Yet-Ming Chiang and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1996-05-11 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to provide students with the core understanding necessary to pursue the subject of ceramics as it now exists and to be prepared for any surprises likely to emerge. Key concepts are developed in a sequence which builds on firm foundations, using the material learned so that its significance is continuously reinforced. The nature of defects which intrudes upon the perfect geometry of ideal crystal structures, migration of matter and charge, chemical and phase equilibria are among the subjects discussed.