本书采用单元教学形式,全书共编有十六个单元,每单元都编有三篇阅读材料,分两个部分。本书在内容上着重介绍水泥、玻璃、陶瓷,同时兼顾耐火材料、搪瓷。考虑到各学科之问的相互渗透,以及为拓宽学生的知识面,书中还插入了复合材料、涂料及塑料等方面的内容。本次修订增加了无机非金属材料制作的环保、节能与减排工艺和要求;纳米材料、自洁净玻璃以及高性能航空材料的制备;复合陶瓷的制备工艺和流程等内容。书后面还附有练习答案,供学习者参考。
本书可供高等院校无机非金属材料科学与工程专业学生学习专业英语,亦可供广大从事材料专业工作,并具有一定英语基础的工程技术人员及自学者学习参考。

Unit One
Text: Historical Development of Materials and Technology
Reading Passage
Properties of Materials
Cements and Glasses
Unit Two
Text:Portland Cement and its Types
Reading Passage
Composite Cements : General Considerations
History of Cement
Unit Three
Text: Manufacture of Portland Cement
Reading Passage
Raw Materials for the Manufacture of Portland Cements
Burning
Unit Four
Text: Setting and Hardening
Reading Passage
The Hydration of Portland Cement
Low-energy" Cements
Unit Five
Text: Concrete, Reinforced Concrete, and Prestressed Concrete
Reading Passage
High Performance Concrete
Durability of Concrete
Unit Six
Text: Ceramming : Changing G|ass to Glass-Ceramics
Reading Passage
Types of Ceramic Glasses
Ion Exchange in Glass Processing
Unit Seven
Text: Pollution Control in Glass- Making
Reading Passages
Energy Conservation Technologies and Recycling
Glass Quality
Unit Eight
Text: History of Glass Making
Reading Passage
Architectural Glass
Glass Products
Unit Nine
Text: Application of Microcomputers to Glass Problems
Reading Passage
Batch Calculations
Distributed Computer Systems
Unit Ten
Text : Ceramics
Reading Passage
Ceramics: An Overview
Ceramic Kiln
Unit Eleven
Text: Ceramic Raw Materials
Reading Passage
Basic Raw Materials
Structure of Ceramics and Ceramic Phase Diagrams
Unit Twelve
Text: Developments in Ceramics
Reading Passage
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Unit Thirteen
Unit Fourteen
Unit Fifteen
Unit Sixteen
Appendix Key to Exercises