Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis of Ceramics

摘要

We live and work in a world that depends on materials and their performance. The science of materials has developed to a position of great understanding, such that materials can be microscopically tailored to provide specific sets of properties. The practical applications of newly designed materials depend on market interest and costs. In the final analysis it is the processing of materials that remains the key factor. In order to facilitate technical advances, the relationships between processing, microstructure, and performance must be established. This task is generic to all materials whether for mechanical or physical property goals. Central to such understanding is the role played by electron optical, diffraction and analytical methods of characterization in their specificity to synthesis almost to the atomic level. This paper provides some examples of such applica-tions to several ceramic systems, and attempts to indicate the generic nature of many problems to be solved.