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Progress in Ceramic Science

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FUTURE REVIEWS PLANNED FOR PROGRESS IN CERAMIC SCIENCE

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1. CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF SOME DECOMPOSITION AND RECRYSTALLIZATION REACTIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES

3. HYDROXIDE REACTIONS

4. REACTIONS OF MAGNESIUM HYDROUS SILICATES

5. REACTIONS OF CALCIUM HYDROUS SILICATES

6. REACTIONS OF ALUMINUM HYDROUS SILICATES

7. REACTIONS OF IRON HYDROUS SILICATES

8. SOME CHEMICAL ALTERATION REACTIONS

9. FINAL REMARKS

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CHAPTER 2. CURRENT STATUS OF THE GRIFFITH CRACK THEORY OF GLASS STRENGTH

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GRIFFITH CRACK

3. OTHER STRENGTH-IMPAIRING SURFACE STRUCTURES

4. STUDIES OF DAMAGE-FREE GLASS

5. THE INTRINSIC FLAW

6. THE "FLAW-GENESIS" HYPOTHESIS

7. SUMMARY

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CHAPTER 3. ELECTRIC CONDUCTION AND DIELECTRIC RELAXATION IN GLASS

1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

2. A NOTE ON THE STRUCTURE OF GLASS

3. BASIC THEORY

4. THE D.C. CONDUCTIVITY OF GLASS

5. DIELECTRIC RELAXATION

6. CONCLUSIONS

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CHAPTER 4. SINTERING IN CERAMICS

1. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

2. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SINTERING PROCESS

3. THE DRIVING FORCE FOR SINTERING

4. THE IMPORTANCE OF GRAIN BOUNDARIES

5. THE GEOMETRY OF SINTERING

6. FINAL STAGE OF SINTERING: GRAIN GROWTH

7. GENERAL VARIABLES

8. ROLE OF LIQUID PHASE

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