Boron Rich Solids
Sensors, Ultra High Temperature Ceramics, Thermoelectrics, Armor
- Editore:
Springer-Verlag GmbH
- EAN:
9789048198238
- ISBN:
9048198232
- Pagine:
- 330
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Boron Rich Solids
The objective of this book is to discuss the current status of research and development of boron-rich solids as sensors, ultra-high temperature ceramics, thermoelectrics, and armor. Novel biological and chemical sensors made of stiff and light-weight boron-rich solids are very exciting and efficient for applications in medical diagnoses, environmental surveillance and the detection of pathogen and biological/chemical terrorism agents. Ultra-high temperature ceramic composites exhibit excellent oxidation and corrosion resistance for hypersonic vehicle applications. Boron-rich solids are also promising candidates for high-temperature thermoelectric conversion. Armor is another very important application of boron-rich solids, since most of them exhibit very high hardness, which makes them perfect candidates with high resistance to ballistic impact. The following topical areas are presented: ¿boron-rich solids: science and technology; ¿synthesis and sintering strategies of boron rich solids; ¿microcantilever sensors; ¿screening of the possible boron-based thermoelectric conversion materials; ¿ultra-high temperature ZrB2 and HfB2 based composites ¿magnetic, transport and high-pressure properties of boron-rich solids; ¿restrictions of the sensor dimensions for chemical detection; ¿armor
