Mullite

by Schneider, Hartmut; Komarneni, Sridhar

• ISBN13: 9783527309740
• ISBN10: 3527309748
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-02
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

The only book to provide a complete survey -- from the crystallographic fundamentals right up to recent high-tech applications in aerospace technology.Following a general introduction to the topic, the authors go on to cover the crystal chemistry of mullite and related phases, as well as its basic properties, phase equilibria and stability. One whole section is devoted to the synthesis and processing of mullite ceramics, while later ones cover mullite coatings, fibers and matrix composites.For materials scientists, solid state chemists and physicists, crystallographers and mineralogists.

Author Biography

Hartmut Schneider is the head of the "Structural and Functional Ceramics" group at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Materials Research, Köln (Germany) and is a Professor of Applied Mineralogy at the University of Hannover (Germany). He has been working on different topics of high pressure mineralogy and on refractory and ceramic materials. He is renowned for his research work in crystal chemistry, ceramics and composites of mullite, an alumino silicate of the stoichiometric composition 3Al2O3·2SiO2. Professor Schneider has published over 200 scientific and technical papers. His list of awards includes the Japanese Government Research Award, the Lilienthal Award, and the Fellowship of the American Ceramic Society.

Table of Contents

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF MULLITE AND RELATED PHASES

The mullite-type family of crystal structures

The real structure of mullite

Foreign atom incorporation in mullite

Mullite-type gels and glasses

BASIC PROPERIES OF MULLITE

Mechanical properties of mullite

Thermal properties of mullite

Miscelllaneous properties

Structure-controlled formation of mullite

Phase transformation of mullite

Spectroscopic data

PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND STABILITY OF MULLITE

The Al2O3-SiO2 phase diagram

Influence of environmental conditions on the stability of mullite

Ternary X-Al2O3-SiO2 phase diagrams

SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING OF MULLITE CERAMICS

Mullite synthesis

Processing of mullite ceramics

Mechanical properties

Thermal properties

Miscellaneous properties

Application of mullite ceramics

MULLITE COATINGS

Chemical gas phase deposited mullite coatings

Plasma and flame sprayed mullite coatings

Application of mullite coatings

MULLITE FIBERS

Mullite whiskers

Sol-gel derived continuous mullite fibers

Melt grown continuous mullite fibers

MULLITE MATRIX COMPOSITES

Whisker reinforced mullitematrix composites

Continuous fiber reinforced mullite matrix composites

Platelet and particle reinforced composites

Metal reinforced mullite composites

Applications of mullite composites