Download or read book Modern Ceramic Engineering written by David W. Richerson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1992-01-31 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ceramic materials have proven increasingly important in industry and in the fields of electronics, communications, optics, transportation, medicine, energy conversion and pollution control, aerospace, construction, and recreation. Professionals in these fields often require an improved understanding of the specific ceramics materials they are using.