Carbide, nitride, and boride materials synthesis and processing / edited by Alan W. Weimer

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents List of contributors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. List of symbols 1. Non-oxide materials: applications and engineering /Makuteswara Srinivasan, William Rafaniello 2. Critical powder characteristics /William Rafaniello 3. Thermochemistry and kinetics /Alan W. Weimer 4. Acheson process /Philip J. Guichelaar 5. Electric arc furnace processes /William S. Wilson, Philip J. Guichelaar 6. Tube/pusher/moving bed furnace processes /William E. Hollar, Jr., Jonathan J. Kim 7. Rotary tube reactor processes /Peter T. B. Shaffer 8. Fluidized bed reactor processes /Alan W. Weimer 9. Thermochemistry and kinetics /Jan A. Puszynski 10. Processes /Stephen D. Dunmead 11. Thermochemistry and kinetics /Richard C. Flagan 12. Thermal aerosol processes /M. Kamal Akhtar, Sotiris E. Pratsinis 13. Laser processes /Arne K. Knudsen 14. Plasma processes /Peter C. Kong, Emil Pfender 15. Liquid phase reaction processes /Gary M. Crosbie 16. Whisker and platelet synthesis processes /Terry N. Tiegs, Sam C. Weaver 17. Fiber synthesis processes /Jonathan Lipowitz 18. Size reduction /Leonard G. Austin, Peter T. Luckie 19. Chemical purification /Kevin J. Nilsen, Alan W. Weimer 20. Solids dispersion in liquids /Andrew G. Haerle, Kevin J. Nilsen 21. Spray drying /Fred V. Shaw, Michael H. Andrews22. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and infiltration (CVI) /Theodore M. Besmann, David P. Stinton, Richard A. Lowden, Woo Y. Lee 23. Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition(PECVD) /Steven R. Droes, Toivo T. Kodas, Mark J. Hampden-Smith 24. Design considerations for high temperature furnaces /Ellis W. Delahoy 25. Rotary tube calciners /David W. Dahlstrom A. Crystallographic properties B. Thermodynamic and thermal properties C. Mechanical properties at 293 K D. Electrical and magnetic properties at 293 K E. Chemical properties. Index