Ceramic cutting tools materials, development, and performance

• Other Authors: Whitney, E. Dow.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Park Ridge, N.J. : Noyes Publications, ©1994.
• Series: Materials science and process technology series. Ceramic and other materials--processing and technology.
• Subjects: Metal-cutting tools > Materials.; Ceramic materials.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781591240242; 9780815513551; 9780815516316
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xxvi, 357 pages) : illustrations.

Interest in ceramics as a high speed cutting tool material is based primarily on favorable material properties. As a class of materials, ceramics possess high melting points, excellent hardness, and good wear resistance. Unlike most metals, hardness levels in ceramics generally remain high at elevat...