Talking Ceramics
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Graduate |
| Discipline(s): |
Ceramic Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
Associate Editor's Choice History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Article/Document |
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| Description: | The discovery of ceramics based on Ba2Ti9O20 in the 1970s was followed by two decades of astonishing developments culminating in the intense global market for microwave communications devices that encompass the world today. Read Terrell A. Vanderah's article, Talking Ceramics, for an incisive look at the past, present, and future of this technology. Highlighted by the Ceramics, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at NIST. Citation: Terrell A. Vanderah's , "Talking Ceramics", Science, 8 November 2002: Vol. 298. no. 5596, pp. 1182 - 1184. |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
| Use of Resource: |
Caption for visual image: "Such dielectric ceramic resonators are used in cellular base stations to store and transmit signals to handheld devices such as cell phones." |
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Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very low |
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| Publication Date: | February 2007 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Not free |
| Download URL: | http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/298/5596/1182 |
| Copyright and Use Restrictions: |
Requires membership or subscription to AAAS. |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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