Glasses and the vitreous state
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Glasses and the vitreous state
（Cambridge solid state science series）
Cambridge University Press, 1990
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Les Verres et l'état vitreux
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the properties of glasses as materials and of the vitreous state in general. Aspects of the physics, chemistry and thermodynamics of the vitreous state are developed, covering in particular the definitions of vitreous transition, fictive temperature and various vitrification criteria, both structural and kinetic. The methods of describing disordered structures are then presented in terms of different models, followed by a review of various spectroscopic and radiation scattering techniques (X-rays, neutrons) of disordered structure determination. The author also considers phase separation in glasses and the problem of middle-range order. Following a classification of the different glass types, the rheological, diffusional, electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties of glasses are presented. A condensed summary of glass manufacturing techniques is also given, including sol-gel processing methods. The broad coverage of this book makes it particularly suitable as an advanced text for students of materials science studying glasses. It should also be an excellent resource for those involved in research, at both a postgraduate and an industrial level.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction to the English edition
- Historical overview
- 1. Noncrystalline solids and glasses
- 2. The vitreous transition
- 3. Conditions for vitrification
- 4. Structure of glass: methods of study using radiation scattering
- 5. Structure of glass: use of spectroscopic methods
- 6. Phase separation in glasses
- 7. Study of 'medium-range order' in glasses
- 8. Classification of glasses
- 9. Rheological properties of glasses
- 10. Diffusion phenomena
- 11. Electrical properties of glasses
- 12. Optical properties of glasses
- 13. Thermal properties of glasses
- 14. Mechanical properties - fracture
- 15. The surface of glasses
- 16. Glass-ceramics
- 17. Elements of glass technology
- 18. Synthesis of glasses from gels
- References
- Index.
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