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Combustion Synthesis

Processing and Materials

  • 1st Edition - September 30, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Guanghua Liu, Kexin Chen, Jiangtao Li
  • Language: English

Combustion Synthesis: Processing and Materials provides a comprehensive introduction to combustion synthesis, from fundamentals to applications. The book offers an up‐to‐… Read more

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Description

Combustion Synthesis: Processing and Materials provides a comprehensive introduction to combustion synthesis, from fundamentals to applications. The book offers an up‐to‐date reference for both researchers who have already been working on combustion synthesis and those entering this field. Focusing specifically on the materials science and engineering dimensions of combustion synthesis, the book thoroughly explores the most important processes and materials under investigation today. It offers a comprehensive overview of the field to beginners, while experienced readers will find detailed explanations and up‐to‐date descriptions of the state of the art of combustion synthesis, focused on a range of vital processes and materials.

Key features

  • Offers a logically organized framework of knowledge of combustion synthesis, from fundamentals to applications
  • Discusses the most relevant topics in combustion synthesis, including recent results
  • Caters specifically to materials scientists and engineers by focusing on the most important processes and materials

Readership

Scientists, engineers, and students working on high‐efficiency synthesis and development of new materials, including ceramics, metals, and composites

Table of contents

1. Introduction

Part I. Fundamentals

2. Fundamentals of combustion synthesis

Part II. Processing

3. General processing of combustion synthesis

4. Hybrid processes based on combustion synthesis

5. Simultaneous densification in combustion synthesis

6. Reactive casting by combustion synthesis

7. High-gravity combustion synthesis

8. Welding and joining by combustion synthesis

Part III. Materials

9. Combustion synthesis of carbide powders

10. Combustion synthesis of nitride powders: Part 1

11. Combustion synthesis of nitride powders: Part 2

12. Combustion synthesis of oxide powders

13. Combustion synthesis of oxynitride powders

14. Combustion synthesis of silicide powders

15. Combustion synthesis of boride, chalcogenide, and other powders

16. Combustion synthesis of bulk ceramics and metals

17. Combustion synthesis of bulk functional materials

18. Combustion synthesis of coatings

19. Concluding remarks

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 4, 2024
  • Language: English

About the authors

GL

Guanghua Liu

Guanghua Liu is an associate professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. His research interests are in materials processing, combustion synthesis, and advanced ceramics.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

KC

Kexin Chen

Kexin Chen is a professor in the State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. His areas of research focus on ductile ceramics, combustion synthesis, and nitride ceramic materials with high thermal conductivity.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials at University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

JL

Jiangtao Li

Jiangtao Li is a professor at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. He is mainly interested in advanced ceramics, combustion synthesis, and infrared radiant coatings.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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