Richard Van Noort: Glasses and Glass Ceramics for Medical Applications, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

This book provides readers with the ability to start making their own glasses and glass-ceramics, and explores factors that control the final properties of these medical and dental materials. Also discusses current industrial challenges and their solutions.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE
Part I INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL CERAMICS
CHAPTER 1 HISTORY, MARKET AND CLASSIFICATION OF BIOCERAMICS
CHAPTER 2 SELECTION CRITERIA OF CERAMICS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 3 GROUPING OF IONS IN CERAMIC SOLIDS
Part II MANUFACTURING OF MEDICAL GLASSES
CHAPTER 4 FORMULATION OF MEDICAL GLASSES
Chapter 5 THEORETICAL ESTIMATION OF GLASS PROPERTIES
CHAPTER 6 DESIGN AND RAW MATERIALS OF MEDICAL GLASSES
Part III MANUFACTURING OF MEDICAL GLASS CERAMICS
CHAPTER 7 DESIGN OF MEDICAL GLASS-CERAMICS
CHAPTER 8 MICROSTRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION OF GLASS CERAMICS
CHAPTER 9 DEVELOPMENT OF COLOUR AND FLORESCENCE IN DENTAL GLASS CERAMICS
Part IV MODELS OF DENTALLY USED GLASS CERAMICS
CHAPTER 10 LEUCITE GLASS CERAMICS
CHAPTER 11 MACHINABLE MICA DENTAL GLASS CERAMICS
Chapter 12 LITHIUM DISILICATE GLASS CERAMICS
Part V BIOACTIVE GLASS AND BIOACTIVE GLASS CERAMICS
CHAPTER 13 BIOACTIVE GLASSES
CHAPTER 14 MODELS OF BIOACTIVE GLASS CERAMICS

Klappentext

Glass ceramics are a special group of materials in which a base glass can be crystallized under carefully controlled conditions, which in turn determine the properties of the material. These materials offer a wide range of physical and mechanical properties combining the distinctive characteristics of sintered ceramics and glasses. This book provides readers with an interest in medical ceramics with the ability to start making their own glasses and glass ceramics, together with an understanding of the various factors that control the final properties of these medical and dental materials. In addition, the authors describe various industrial problems with current, clinically-used medical glass ceramics and discuss appropriate scientific solutions.
Glasses and Glass Ceramics for Medical Applications will appeal to a broad audience of biomaterials scientists, ceramists, and bioengineers, particularly those with an interest in orthopedic and dental applications, as well as scientists and engineers involved in the manufacture of glasses, glazes, enamels, and other glass coatings for the medical materials industry. The book will also be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students in materials engineering and dentistry, and is suitable for use in courses on medical and dental materials.