PARTⅠ PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF INORGANIC MATERIALS 1
Unit1 Types of Bonds in Crystals 1
Reading Material 1: Grouping of Ions and Pauling s Rules 5
Unit2 Silicate Structures 9
Reading Material 2: Structure of Carbides,Nitrides and Borides 12
Unit3 Defect Crystal Chemistry 16
Reading Material 3: Solid Solution 19
Unit4 Surfaces and Colloids 23
Reading Material 4: Surfaces and Interfaces 27
Unit5 Diffusion 31
Reading Material 5: Phase Transitions 35
PARTⅡ CERAMICS 39
Unit6 Ceramic Fabrication Process: Conventional Routes to Ceramics 39
Reading Material 6: Ceramics Fabrication 43
Unit7 Treatment after Firing: Grinding and Glazing 46
Reading Material 7: Metallizing,Sealing,Sputter Deposition Process and Chemical Vapour Deposition 49
Unit8 Electronic Ceramics: Electrical Insulators and Conductors 52
Reading Material 8: Superconductors,Ferrites and Piezoelectric Ceramics 56
Unit9 Optical Ceramics 59
Reading Material 9: Ceramic Materials for Sensors 62
Unit10 Bioceramics: Medical Applications of Ceramics 65
Reading Material 10: Calcium Phosphate Ceramics 67
Unit11 Advanced Structural Ceramics Reading Material 11: Research on Aerospace Ceramics 70
Reading material 11: research on Aerospace Geramics 73
PARTⅢ GLASS 76
Unit12 Structure of Glass 76
Reading Material 12: A Hierarchical Model of the Glass Structure 78
Unit13 Glass Formation 82
Reading Material 13: Atomistic Hypotheses of Glass Formation 85
Unit14 Manufacture of Glass: Present Trend in Industrial Glass Melting 88
Reading Material 14: Environmental Considerations in Glass Manufacturing 91
Unit15 Glass Properties 95
Reading Material 15: Glass Properties 97
Unit16 Special Glass 101
Reading Material 16: Glasses for Electronic Applications 103
Unit17 Glass Ceramics 107
Reading Material 17: US 5591682 Low Expansion Transparent Glass ceramic 109
Unit18 Portland Cement 112
PARTⅣ CEMENT AND CONCRETE 112
Reading Material 18: Manufacture of Portland Cement 116
Unit19 Hydration of Portland Cement 119
Reading Material 19: Reactivities of Clinker Phases 122
Unit20 Oil Well Cementing 126
Reading Material 20: Very High Strength Cement-based Materials 129
Unit21 Concrete Chemistry 133
Reading Material 21: Fibre Reinforced Concrete-myth and Reality 136
Unit22 Materials Development in Refractories during the 20th Century 140
PARTⅤ REFRACTORIES 140
Reading Material 22: Refractories Manufacturing Techniques 144
Unit23 Refractory Bonds and Binders 148
Reading Material 23: Mullite and Its Use as a Bonding Phase 151
Unit24 Thermomechanical Properties of Refractories 155
Reading Material 24: Corrosion Behavior of Refractories 158
Unit25 Glassmaking Refractories 162
Reading Material 25: Development of Refractories in Specific Applications 165
Unit26 An Introduction to the Geology of Gem Materials 169
PARTⅥ GEMMOLOGY 169
Reading Material 26: Red Tourmaline 172
Unit27 Mechanical Properties of Gemstones 175
Reading Material 27: Heat Treatment 178
Unit28 Optical Properties of Cut Gemstones 182
Reading Material 28: The Identification of Treated Gems 186
Unit29 Diamond 189
Reading Material 29: Amethyst 191
Unit30 Furnaces 194
PARTⅦ INORGANIC MATERIALS ENGINEERING 194
Reading Material 30: Stack Dimensions 197
Unit31 Storage (Silo) 199
Reading Material 31: Calculation of Static Powder Pressure 201
Unit32 Raw Materials and Mixing 204
Reading Material 32: Weighing and Mixing 207
Unit33 Primary Forming Operations(Ⅰ) 209
Reading Material 33: Primary Forming Operations(Ⅱ) 211
总词汇表 214