Emerging Engineering Materials: Esign, Processes and Applications (Hardcover)

Chapters 2-4 conclude with extensive references and bibliographies which provide a useful guide to the literature on the subject of each chapter. Preface What About Future Materials Technology? Introduction - Advanced Materials Issues: Factors Affecting Advanced Materials Applications; Intermetallics/Intermetallic Composites - Engineered Materials: Processes - ConclusionsIntermetallics (IM) Intermetallic Matrix Composites (IMCs) Introduction - Interfacial Bonding of IMCs - Processing of Gamma IMCs: Prealloyed Powder Mixing, Mechanical Alloying, Reactive Consolidation, Injection Molding, XD Processing, Cospray Forming, Liquid Metal Infiltration, Powder Cloth, Foil/Fiber, Spray Deposition, Fiber Coating - SHS - Processing of Nickel Aluminides: Prealloyed Powder Mixing, Mechanical Alloying, Reactive Consolidation, XD Process, Powder Cloth Process, Spray Deposition, Liquid Infiltration Techniques, Pressure Casting, Plasma Spray Deposition, Vacuum Hot Press/Electroplating, Cryomilling, Melt Incorporation, Reaction Sinter/Hot Press (RES-HOP) - Processing of Iron Aluminides: Pressure Infiltration - Properties of Ti3Al - Properties of TiAl - Summary and Recommendations for Titanium Aluminides: Tensile Behavior, Creep Resistance, Fatigue Crack Resistance, Thermal Fatigue - Properties of Ni3Al - Properties of NiAl New Materials of the Future Introduction - Functionally Gradient Material (FMG): Definition, Processing, Design of FGMs, Applications of FGMs - Polymets - Carbon/Ceramic Composites (C/Ceramic) - Fullerenes (Buckyballs) and Diamond Fibers: Fullerenes, Diamond Fibers - Directed Metal Oxidation Process (DimoxTM): Process, Fabrication, Properties, Applications - Microinfiltrated Macrolaminated Composites (MIMLCs): Understanding MIMLCs, Process Concepts, MIMLC Composition and Fabrication, Applications - Liquid Crystal Polymers (LCPs): Characteristics, Processing, Properties vs Processing, Design, Applications - Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (IPNs): Applications - Carbon-Carbon Composites (C-C): C-C Material Systems, Matrices and Fiber Reinforcement, Processing/Producibility, Properties of C-C Composites, Fabrication Techniques and Methods, Coatings for C-C Composites, Applications - Nano- structured/Nanocomposite Materials: General Principles, Processing/Synthesis, Nano Properties, Applications - Molecular Composite Technology and Concepts: Molecular Composite, Molecular Machines IndexTables, 66 Figures Tables and Schematics The many tables provide new materials reference data in convenient form. The many schematics illustrate new materials structure, design and processes. Here is a small sampling of this material: - Expected temperature capability of several advanced materials - Properties of nanocrystalline materials compared with their crystalline and glassy counterparts - Toughness and ductibility improvements - Procedure for reactive powder pro