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"A Survey of Modern Ceramics" are
hetter titles, however, since the title used might he interpreted as having to do with Introduction to Ceramics "traditional" ceramics. ishdivided W . D. ~ i~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~t i ~t This ~~ t~hook ~ ~ ,~ into five ~ parts ~ and t 20 of T ~ ~cambridge. ~ ~john ~wileyI ~ chapters. ~ ~ Part, 1, Ceramics Today, comments on ceramics in general and Part & sons,rnc,., N ~ york, ~ , 1960. xvii + 781 pp. ~ i ~ , 16 23 11, Ceramic Processes, deals with raw (*.". LIK materials and farming processes. Part 111, Characteristics of Ceramic Solids, and Those instructors in ceramic eneineerPart IV, llevelo~mentof Microstructure in Ceramics, &pointed toward students ing who have spent endlea8 hours colrecting material for courses whioh this text is who have some familiarity with such subdesigned to serve will wish that it had been jpcts as crystal structure and phase diaavailable ten or even five years ago grams. Part V is designed far graduates. "Introduction to Modern Ceramics." or The amount of preparation in fund*
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mental sciences is a better basis than traditional class standing for determining the students that should profit from a study of this text. A minimum preparsi tion should include calculus, physics, and physical t ~chemistry, hut the maximum appreciation, understanding, and response should he expected of graduate students who have had a thorough training in the fundamentals of traditional ceramics and more than the minimum of the fundament& mentioned above. So much material is availahle for s treatise of this t y p e t h e only one of its type-that an author must make some difficult ohoices in his seleotions to keep the number of pages within reasonable bounds. But, even though this is a treat, ment in breadth the following additions are suggested: (1) A complete chapter on the colloidal and rheological properties of the p1ast.i~minerals; (2) a complete c h a p ter on oolvmorohism and ohase transfortristimulus colorimetry, as used in ceramics, and luminescence should be added to rhv vti:~preron~ q n i w l'rqwrries. l The pI~+nl mrikr-up, urg:rrhtior>,and t i I : r t I . TI.$: illustratio& especially the drawings, are clear cut and provide a lot of information. An innovation in the binary phase diagrams is the shading of the two-phase areas. Few direct references are given but several are listed a t the end of each chapter as suggested reading. Absence of footnotes relieves the reader of this distraction. T o all who wish to become familiar with modern ceramics in a minimum of time, whether they he students, teachers, or engineers in the field, this book is recommended, hut this reviewer cannot agree with the implication of theauthor that the empirical approach in ceramic technology isnolonger needed. Ceramics as a science has enjoyed remarkable advsnoes during the last 20 vears and this hook reflects it, is not out-dated,
R. M. K I N G Ohio State University Columbus
The Surface Chemistry of Melals a n d Semiconductors Edited by H a w y C. Galas, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts. John MTiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1960. xi 526 pp. Figs. and tables. 15.5 X 23.5 cm. 812.50.
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This 521 page hook contains the papers nrpsented at the Joint Svmoosium of the
posium was jointly sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and Elootrochemical Society. The material presented is divided into
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