Fundamentals of ceramic engineering [proceedings of the 1. International Course on Ceramics, held Oct. 10 - 15, 1988 in Bogotá, Colombia, organized by the Centro Internacional de Física

Content: Front Matter....Pages i-ix Ceramics: Some Approaches to the Meaning of the Term and Research Prospects....Pages 1-25 Natural and Synthetic Raw Materials for Classical Ceramics Manufacture....Pages 27-50 General View of the Ceramic Forming Processes....Pages 51-60 Preparation of Clay Bodies for Brick Fabrication....Pages 61-72 Shaping Structural Clay Products....Pages 73-80 Particle Orientation and Memory Problems in Clay Bodies....Pages 81-91 Drying of Clay Bodies....Pages 93-109 Energy Saving in Brick Drying....Pages 111-119 Powders for Advanced Ceramics: Characterization and Synthesis....Pages 121-151 Processing of Advanced Bulk Ceramic Materials....Pages 153-189 Mechanical Behavior of Ceramics....Pages 191-221 An Introduction to Ferroelectric Ceramics and their Applications....Pages 223-254 Back Matter....Pages 255-264