The Handbook of Advanced Materials: Enabling New Designs

Preface ix

1 Polymer Composites 1
John Shaffer, Theodore P. Philippidis, and Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos

2 Advanced Ceramic Materials 65
David W. Richerson

3 Continuous Fiber Ceramic Composites 89
James K. Wessel

4 Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Chip Carriers 129
John U. Knickerbocker and Sarah H. Knickerbocker

5 Intermetallics 149
James K. Wessel and Vinod Sikka

6 Metal Matrix Composites 165
Christopher A. Rodopoulos and James K. Wessel

7 Nickel and Nickel Alloys 217
D. C. Agarwal

8 Titanium Alloys 271
F. H. (Sam) Froes

9 Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys 321
J. Randolph Kissell, Syros G. Pantelakis, and G. N. Haidemenopoulos

10 Functionally Graded Materials 465
Ivar E. Reimanis

11 Corrosion of Engineering Materials 487
Robert Akid

12 Standards and Codes for Advanced Materials 543
Michael G. Jenkins

13 Nondestructive Evaluation of Structural Ceramics 569
William A. Ellingson and Chris Deemer

14 Advances in Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Using Laser-Based Solid Free-Form Fabrication 611
Eric Whitney

Index 633