Ceramic Innovations in the 20th Century

More than 100 important innovations in ceramics in the last 100 years are individually described. These include such major advances as the float glass process, continuous glass fibers and glass wool, the zirconia oxygen sensor, honeycomb ceramics, tape casting and multilayer ceramics, advances in tunnel kilns, low loss optical fiber, dental ceramics, basic oxygen steelmaking refractories, and uranium dioxide as a nuclear fuel. In addition, a summary of progress in ceramics is given that relates ceramic advances to general trends in the progress of science and industrial development.

Author: John B. Wachtman

Publisher: Wiley-American Ceramic Society

Publication Date: Jan 02, 1999

Number of Pages: 328 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 1574980939

ISBN-13: 9781574980936