Acid-Base Cements: Their Biomedical and Industrial Applications

ISBN-13: 9780521675499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 420 str.

Alan D. Wilson; John W. Nicholson; Bruce Dunn

Opis

There has been a failure to recognize acid-base cements as a single, well-defined class of material. This book attempts to remedy this situation by unifying the subject and treating this range of materials as a single class. Following a brief historical overview, an introductory chapter defines these cements as materials that are formed by reacting a basic powder with an acidic liquid to yield a salt-like matrix. The nature of the cementation process and the cement-forming acids and bases are discussed. Other chapters are devoted to the methods of study, the structure of water and simple polyelectrolyte theory.