Ceramic precursor technology and its applications

This indispensable volume presents incisive information on ceramic precursor technologies and their numerous applications - covering metal nitrides, carbides, phosphides, and arsenides, as well as sol-gel and inorganic polymer-processed metal oxides. Detailing the historical development of the ceramic precursor concept, this state-of-the-art reference presents up-to-date information on the latest ceramic precursor technologies and their numerous applications - covering metal nitrides, carbides, phosphides, and arsenides, as well as sol-gel and inorganic polymer-processed metal oxides. Furnishing over 925 literature citations, allowing for in-depth study of particular topics, Ceramic Precursor Technology and Its Applications is vital reading for all ceramic, materials, chemical, design, and manufacturing engineers; inorganic chemists; physicists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. This work details the historical development of the ceramic precusors concept. It presents up-to-date information on ceramic precursor technologies and their numerous applications, covering metal nitrides, carbides, phosphides and aresnides, as well as sol-gel and inorganic polymer-processed metal oxides. The specific structure of advanced materials is discussed, and classical and ceramic-precursor methods of ceramic preparation are covered. Details the historical development of the ceramic precusors concept. This work presents information on ceramic precursor technologies and their numerous applications, covering metal nitrides, carbides, phosphides and aresnides, as well as sol-gel and inorganic polymer-processed metal oxides.