3rd European Symposium on Engineering Ceramics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Ceramics in Europe — An Overview

   • E. M. Briscoe

   Pages 1-13

3. Review of the National and International Standardization of Engineering Ceramics

   • Gerald C. Padgett

   Pages 15-25

4. The Commercial Development of an Engineering Ceramic

   • R. J. Lumby

   Pages 27-33

5. Hybrid Silicon Nitride Bearings

   • S. A. Horton

   Pages 35-50

6. Product Development with SiC and B4C Ceramics

   • Paul Feinle, Heinrich Knoch

   Pages 51-67

7. Oxide Ceramics — Erosion Resistant Materials

   • C. R. Dimond

   Pages 69-82

8. Silicon Nitride Products Development for Automotive Engines

   • Keiji Matsuhiro, Minoru Matsui

   Pages 83-95

9. Revolution in Ceramic Processing

   • K. Kendall

   Pages 97-107

10. Ceramic Matrix Composites: Properties and Applications

    • P. Descamps, J. Tirlocq, F. Cambier

    Pages 109-125

11. Ceramic Heat Exchangers for Domestic and Industrial Applications

    • J. Heinrich, J. Huber, H. Schelter, R. Ganz, O. Heinz

    Pages 127-148

12. Nitride Bonded Carbide Engineered Ceramics

    • G. Holling

    Pages 149-165

13. Progress with Zirconia Ceramics

    • I. Birkby, H. Hodgson

    Pages 167-198

14. Back Matter

    Pages 199-205

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This volume is the proceedings of the 3rd European Symposium on Engineering Ceramics, held in London, 28-29 November 1989, under the auspices of IBC Technical Services Ltd. The Symposium sessions were chaired by Eric Briscoe, who also introduced the Symposium with the very appropriate review 'Ceramics in Europe'. The term 'engineering ceramics' is commonly taken to mean a group of special high-strength and heat-resistant ceramic materials developed almost exclusively for the advanced internal combustion engine of the next century. It is not always fully appreciated that high grade fine microstructure ceramics both of the oxide and of the non-oxide classes, whether they be termed engineering, fine, special, advanced, structural or technical, have been supporting a large number of diverse and profitable industries over many decades. Indeed, in some respects these materials can be regarded as natural developments from the long­ established refractories field, and the distinction between an engineering ceramic and a refractory can become blurred, as the contribution in this volume on 'Nitride Bonded Carbide Engineered Ceramics' shows. It is of significance that in Japan, for example, much development work in the engineering ceramics field was initiated by the refractories industries, seeking to diversify possibly but doing so on the basis oflong experience in the refractories area. The main objective of this Symposium was to help engineers and designers to assess the present state of the field of engineering ceramics.

• Europe
• ceramics
• combustion
• design
• development
• engine
• heat exchanger
• materials
• processing
• product development
• refractories
• refractory
• refractory material
• silicon
• structure

• Division of Ceramics, School of Materials, University of Leeds, UK

  F. L. Riley

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