Ceramic Materials and Powder Diffraction

Published

September 15, 2019

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng

Abstract

Contrary to general public’s perception of ceramics as primarily encompassing art work, table ware, porcelain enamels, tiles, and sanitary ware, ceramics cover a broad range of materials and applications. We have attempted to categorize these materials in terms of both their functions and applications, from traditional ceramics to modern advanced ceramics. Powder diffraction has been shown repeatedly to provide the most critical and versatile tools for characterization 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 have been 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 specialty techniques is either absolutely necessary or greatly beneficial for the characterization of the specific ceramic material at hand.

Citation

Powder Diffraction (volume H of International Tables for Crystallography)

Volume

H

Publisher Info

Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, -1

Pub Type

Book Chapters

Keywords

Ceramics, History of development, Categories, Functions and applications of ceramics, Applications of powder diffraction to ceramics

Citation

Wong-Ng, W. (2019), Ceramic Materials and Powder Diffraction, Powder Diffraction (volume H of International Tables for Crystallography), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, -1 (Accessed April 19, 2024)