Ceramic Innovations in the 20th Century (Hardcover)

More than 100 important innovations in ceramics in the last 100 years are individually described. These include such major advances as the float glass process, continuous glass fibers and glass wool, the zirconia oxygen sensor, honeycomb ceramics, tape casting and multilayer ceramics, advances in tunnel kilns, low loss optical fiber, dental ceramics, basic oxygen steelmaking refractories, and uranium dioxide as a nuclear fuel. In addition, a summary of progress in ceramics is given that relates ceramic advances to general trends in the progress of science and industrial development.

General

Imprint:	American Ceramic Society
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2006
First published:	1999
Authors:	J.B. Wachtman
Dimensions:	236 x 169 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	308
ISBN-13:	978-1-57498-093-6
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Inventions & inventors Books > Professional & Technical > Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies > Industrial chemistry > Ceramics & glass technology
LSN:	1-57498-093-9
Barcode:	9781574980936

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