Encyclopedia of Glass Science, Technology, History, and Culture, 2 Volume Set

Pascal Richet is a senior physicist at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and has strong ties with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. He is mainly interested in the physical and chemical properties of Earth's and industrial materials at high temperatures and pressures. He has also published The Physical Basis of Thermodynamics (Plenum, 2001), Silicate Glasses and Melts (Elsevier, 2nd ed. 2018, with B.O. Mysen), as well as books dealing with either popularization or history and philosophy of science, which include A Natural History of Time (The University of Chicago Press, 2007). Among other honors, he has received in 2006 the Morey award of the American Ceramic Society.

• PrefaceGeneral introduction, Pascal Richet, Reinhard Conradt and Akira TakadaI. GlassmakingIntroduction1.1. Glass production: an overview, Reinhard Conradt1.2. Raw materials for glass making: Properties and constraints, Simonpietro Di Pierro1.3. Fusion of glass, Reinhard Conradt1.4. Primary fabrication of flat glass, Toru Kamihori1.5. Fabrication of glass containers, Christian Roos1.6. Continuous glass fibers for reinforcement, Hong Li and James C. Watson1.7. Simulation in glass processes, Patrick J. Prescott and Bruno PurnodeII. Structure of glassIntroduction2.1. Basic concepts of network glass structure, Alex C. Hannon2.2. Structural probes of glass, Grant S. Henderson2.3. Microstructure analysis of glasses and glass ceramics, Christian Patzig and Thomas Höche2.4. Short-range structure and order in oxide glasses, Jonathan F. Stebbins2.5. The extended structure of glass, Neville G. Greaves2.6. Structure of chemically complex silicate systems, Bjorn Mysen2.7. Topological constraint theory of inorganic glasses, Prabhat K. Gupta2.8. Atomistic simulations of glass structure and properties, Akira Takada2.9. First-principles simulations of glass formers, Walter Kob and Simona Ispas3. Physics of glassIntroduction3.1. Glass formation, Michael I. Ojovan3.2. Thermodynamics of glasses, Jean-Luc Garden and Hervé Guillou3.3. The glass transition and the entropy crisis, Purushottam D. Gujrati3.4. Atomic vibrations in glasses, Bernard Hehlen and Benoît Rufflé3.5. Density of amorphous oxides, Michael J. Toplis3.6. Thermodynamic properties of oxide glasses and melts, Pascal Richet and Dominique de Ligny3.7. Structural, shear and stress relaxation in glass-forming liquids, Ulrich Fotheringham3.8. Hyperquenched glasses: relaxation and properties, Yuanzheng Yue3.9. Polyamorphism and liquid-liquid phase transitions, Paul F. McMillan and Martin C. Wilding3.10. Pressure-induced amorphization, Paul F. McMillan, Denis Machon and Martin C. Wilding3.11. Mechanical properties of inorganic glasses, Russel J. Hand3.12. Strengthening of oxide glasses, K. Stefan R. Karlsson and Lothar Wondraczek3.13. Radiation effects in glass, Nadège Ollier, Sylvain Girard and Sylvain Peuget3.14. Amorphous ices, Robert F. Tournier4. Transport propertiesIntroduction4.1. Viscosity of glass-forming melts, Joachim Deubener4.2. Ionic and electronic transport, Jean-Louis Souquet4.3. Diffusion in oxide glass-forming systems, Huaiwei Ni and Nico De Koker4.4. Chemical diffusion in multicomponent glass-forming systems, Mathieu Roskosz and Emmanuelle Gouillart4.5. Thermal diffusivity and conductivity of glasses and melts, Anne Hofmeister and Alan Whittington4.6. Atomistic simulations of transport properties, Junko Habasaki5. Chemistry of glassIntroduction5.1. Chemical analyses and characterization of glass, Thomas Bach, Reiner Haus and Sebastian Prinz5.2. Phase equilibria and phase diagrams in oxide systems, Ilya Veksler5.3. Thermodynamic models of oxide melts, Giulio Ottonello5.4. Nucleation, growth, and crystallization in inorganic glasses, Edgar D. Zanotto, Jürn W.P. Schmelzer and Vladimir Fokin5.5. Solubility of volatiles, Bjorn Mysen5.6. Redox thermodynamics and kinetics in silicate melts and glasses, Reid F. Cooper5.7. Optical basicity: Theory and application, John A. Duffy5.8. The glass electrode and electrode properties of glass, Anatolii A. Belyustin and Irina S. Ivanovskaya5.9. Electrochemistry of oxide melts, Christian Rüssel5.10. Glass-metal interactions, Carine Petitjean, Pierre-Jean Panteix, Christophe Rapin, Michel Vilasi, Éric Schmucker and Renaud Podor5.11. Durability of commercial-type glasses, Marie-Hélène Chopinet, Hervé Montigaud, Patrice Lehuédé and Sylvie Abensour5.12. Mechanisms of glass corrosion by aqueous solutions, Roland Hellmann6. Glass and lightIntroduction6.1. Optical glasses, Alix Clare6.2. The color of glass, Georges Calas, Laurent Cormier and Laurence Galoisy6.3. Photoluminescence in glasses, Lothar Wondraczek6.4. Optical fibers, John Ballato6.5. Fluoride and chalcogenide glasses for mid-infrared optics, Bruno Bureau and Jacques Lucas6.6. Optoelectronics: Active chalcogenide glasses, Jong Heo and Kai Xu6.7. Modification technologies of glass surfaces, Ilkay Sökmen, Sener Oktik and Klaus Bange6.8. Thin-film technologies for glass surfaces, Sener Oktik, Ilkay Sökmen and Klaus Bange6.9. Glass for lighting, Hiroki Yamazaki and Shigeru Yamamoto6.10. Screens and displays, Kei Maeda7. Inorganic glass familiesIntroduction7.1. Extraterrestrial glasses, Guy Libourel7.2. Geological glasses, Cristina P. de Campos and Kai-Uwe Hess7.3. Corrosion of natural glasses in seawater, Roland Hellmann7.4. Metallurgical slags, Kenneth C. Mills7.5. Water glass, Hans Roggendorf7.6. Borosilicate glasses, Randall E. Youngman7.7. Glass for pharmaceutical use, Daniele Zuccato  and Emanuel Guadagnino7.8. Oxynitride glasses, Stuart Hampshire and Michael J. Pomeroy7.9. Phosphate glasses, Andrew James Parsons7.10. Bulk metallic glasses, Dmitri V. Louzguine-Luzgin and Akihisa Inoue7.11. Glass-ceramics, Monique Comte8. Organically related glassesIntroduction8.1. Biogenic silica glasses, Jacques Livage and Pascal Jean Lopez8.2. Sol-gel processes and products, Rui M. Almeida and M. Clara Gonçalves8.3. Silica aerogels, Wim J. Malfait, Jannis Wernery, Shanyu Zhao, Samuel Brunner and Matthias M. Koebel8.4. Bioactive glasses, Delia S. Brauer and Julian R. Jones8.5. Dental glass-ceramics, Wolfram Höland and Marcel Schweiger8.6. Relaxation processes in molecular liquids, Thomas Blochowicz, Ernst A. Rössler and Michael Vogel8.7. Physics of polymer glasses, Jean-Pierre Cohen-Addad8.8. Introduction to polymer chemistry, Oliver Weichold8.9. Hybrid inorganic-organic polymers, Karl-Heinz Haas and Gerhard Schottner9. Environmental and other issuesIntroduction9.1. Structural glass in architecture, Freek Bos and Christian Louter9.2. Tempered and laminated glazing for cars, René Gy.9.3. Stone and glass wool, Yuanzheng Yue and Mette Solvang9.4. Glass for solar-energy technologies, Joachim Deubener and Gundula Helsh9.5. Sulfide glass electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries, Akitoshi Hayashi and Masahiro Tatsumisago9.6. The world of the flat-glass industry; Key milestones, current status and future trends, Bernard J. Savaëte9.7. Design and operation of glass furnaces, Christoph Jatzwauk9.8. Physics and modeling of glass furnaces, Reinhard Conradt and Erik Muijsenberg9.9. Glass cullet: Sources, uses and environmental benefits, Nicola Favaro and Stefano Ceola9.10. Immobilization of domestic and industrial waste, Soraya Heuss-Aßbichler and Athanasius P. Bayuseno9.11. Nuclear waste vitrification, Olivier Pinet, Étienne Vernaz, Christian Ladirat and Stéphane Gin9.12. The International Commisssion on Glass (ICG), John M. Parker10. History of glassIntroduction10.1. Obsidian in Prehistory, Robert H. Tykot10.2. Ancient glass, Late Bronze Age, Andrew J. Shortland and Patrick Degryse10.3. Roman glass, Ian C. Freestone10.4. Glass and the philosophy of matter in Antiquity, Marco Beretta10.5. Ancient glassworking, E. Marianne Stern10.6. Glazes and enamels, Philippe Colomban10.7. Venetian glass, Marco Verità10.8. Stained glass windows, John M. Parker and David Martlew10.9. Furnaces and glassmaking processes: From ancient tradition to modernity, Marie-Hélène Chopinet and Pascal Richet10.10. Glass, the wonder maker of science, Pascal Richet10.11. A history of glass science, Pascal Richet10.12. Glass museums, Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk11. Postface: A personal retrospective, C. Austen Angell List of contributorsIndex

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