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Ceramic materials
W. Wong-Ng. International Tables for Crystallography (2019). Vol. H, ch. 7.8, pp. 804-827  [ doi:10.1107/97809553602060000982 ]

Abstract

Ceramics cover a broad range of materials and applications. In this chapter, ceramics are categorized in terms of both their functions and applications, from traditional ceramics to modern advanced ceramics. Powder diffraction is shown to provide the most critical and versatile tools for the characterization of many different aspects of ceramic materials. As many ceramic materials (regardless of their applications) exhibit similar features during processing and manufacturing (sintering and grain growth, texture, residual strain, microstructure evolution etc.), the applications of diffraction techniques are demonstrated with selected representative applications. In many cases, the combined use of powder diffraction (laboratory X-ray, synchrotron X-ray, neutron diffraction, electron diffraction) with other tools or specialized techniques is shown to be either absolutely necessary or greatly beneficial for the characterization of the specific ceramic material at hand.


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International Tables for Crystallography is the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography. The multi-volume series comprises articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials.