10.8 Surface hardening and hard coatings

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. List of contributors XV
5. Volume 3 (From Magnetic to Bioactive Materials)
6. 9 Electronic and magnetic materials
7. 9.1 Semiconductors 1
8. 9.2 Superconductors 23
9. 9.3 Inorganic materials for chemical sensors 39
10. 9.4 Transparent conducting oxides 51
11. 9.5 Inorganic detector materials 66
12. 9.6 Soft magnets 88
13. 9.7 Permanent magnets 114
14. 9.8 Data storage materials 145
15. 9.9 Piezo- and pyroelectric materials 157
16. 10 Technical ceramics and hard materials
17. 10.1 Sanitary ceramics, tableware, porcelain 165
18. 10.2 Separation membranes 182
19. 10.3 Functional ceramics 197
20. 10.4 Structural ceramics 231
21. 10.5 Refractories 244
22. 10.6 Carbides, borides, silicides 260
23. 10.7 Abrasives and hard transition metal oxides 271
24. 10.8 Surface hardening and hard coatings 280
25. 11 Carbon- and sulfur-based materials
26. 11.1 Carbon 287
27. 11.2 Sulfur 306
28. 12 Water, mineral acids and bases 317
29. 13 Biomedical and bioactive materials
30. 13.1 Disinfection and inorganic biocides
31. 13.1.1 Hydrogen peroxide and ozone 331
32. 13.1.2 Chlorine-based disinfectants 337
33. 13.1.3 Iodine-based disinfection materials 345
34. 13.1.4 Copper-based biocides 359
35. 13.1.5 Antifouling coatings 365
36. 13.2 Radiotracers for diagnostic imaging 371
37. 13.3 Radiotherapeutics 385
38. 13.4 Active inorganic drugs and excipients 391
39. 13.5 Inorganic biomaterials 404
40. 14 Criticality of inorganic resources 423
41. 15 Toxicology of inorganic compounds 439
42. 16 Chemical products: gradients, energy balances, entropy 465
43. Subject index 479
44. Formula index 495