Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering is an up-to-date treatment of ceramic science, engineering, and applications in a single, comprehensive text. Building on a foundation of crystal structures, phase equilibria, defects, and the mechanical properties of ceramic materials, students are shown how these materials are processed for a wide diversity of applications in today's society. Concepts such as how and why ions move, how ceramics interact with light and magnetic fields, and how they respond to temperature changes are discussed in the context of their applications. References to the art and history of ceramics are included throughout the text, and a chapter is devoted to ceramics as gemstones. This course-tested text now includes expanded chapters on the role of ceramics in industry and their impact on the environment as well as a chapter devoted to applications of ceramic materials in clean energy technologies. Also new are expanded sets of text-specific homework problems and other resources for instructors. The revised and updated Second Edition is further enhanced with color illustrations throughout the text.

Preface to the First Edition.- Preface to the Second Edition.- Foreword.- PART I: History and Introduction.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Some History.- PART II: Materials.- Chapter 3: Background You Need to Know.- Chapter 4: Bonds and Energy Bands.- Chapter 5: Models, Crystals and Chemistry.- Chapter 6: Binary Compounds.- Chapter 7: Complex Crystal and Glass Structures.- Chapter 8: Equilibrium Phase Diagrams.- PART III: Tools.- Chapter 9: Furnaces.- Chapter 10: Characterizing Structure, Defects and Chemistry.- PART IV: Defects.- Chapter 11: Point Defects, Charge and Diffusion.- Chapter 12: Are Dislocations Unimportant?.- Chapter 13: Surfaces, Nanoparticles and Foams.- Chapter 14: Interfaces in Polycrystals.- Chapter 15: Phase Boundaries, Particles and Pores.- PART V: Mechanical Strength and Weakness.- Chapter 16: Mechanical Testing.- Chapter 17: Plasticity.- Chapter 18: Fracturing: Brittleness.- PART VI: Processing.- Chapter 19: Raw Materials.- Chapter 20: Powders, Fibers,Platelets and Composites.- Chapter 21: Glass and Glass-Ceramics.- Chapter 22: Sols, Gels and Organic Chemistry.- Chapter 23: Shaping and Forming.- Chapter 24: Sintering and Grain Growth.- Chapter 25: Solid-State Phase Transformations & Reactions.- Chapter 26: Processing Glass and Glass-Ceramics.- Chapter 27: Coatings and Thick Films.- Chapter 28: Thin Films and Vapor Deposition.- Chapter 29: Growing Single Crystals.- PART VII: Properties and Applications.- Chapter 30: Conducting Charge or not.- Chapter 31: Locally Redistributing Charge.- Chapter 32: Interacting with & Generating Light.- Chapter 33: Using Magnetic Fields & Storing Data.- Chapter 34: Responding to Temperature Changes.- Chapter 35: Ceramics in Biology & Medicine.- Chapter 36: Minerals & Gems.- Chapter 37: Energy Production and Storage.- Chapter 38: Industry and the Environment.