Esta bibliografia selecionada trata de literatura destinada aos cursos de graduação e pós-graduação, relacionados à cadeia de conhecimento de Vidros e Cerâmicas. Não obstante tratar-se de escolha pessoal, procurou-se contemplar, de maneira abrangente, as diferentes tendências.

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J. E. Shelby, "Introduction to Glass Science and Technology", The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 1997, 244 p.

Chapters: Introduction (5); Principles of glass formation (18); Glass melting (22); Immiscibility/phase separation (20); Structure of glasses (36); Viscosity of glass forming melts (24); Density and thermal expansion (23); Transport properties (23); Mechanical properties (12); Optical properties (29); Glass technology (11).

R. H. Doremus, "Glass Science", John Wiley & Sons., New York, NY, 1994, 339 p.

Chapters: Introduction (12); Glass formation (11); Structure (22); Phase separation (24); Crystallization (26); Viscosity (13); Glass transition (8); Molecular solution and difusion in glass (49); Fracture (21); Fatigue in glass (11); Surfaces (13); Reaction with glass (16); Chemical durability : reactions of water with glass (25); Ion exchange and potentials of glass electrodes (21); Electrical conductivity and ionic diffusion (27); Dielectric and mechanical loss (14); Optical absorption in glass (14).

Arun K. Varshneya, "Fundamentals of Inorganic Glasses", Academic Press, London, 1994, 570 p.

Chapters: Introduction (11); Fundamentals of the glassy state (12); Glass formation principles (32); Glass microstructure: phase separation and liquid immiscibility (25); Glass composition and structures (55); Composition-structure-property relationship principles (5); Density and molar volume (11); Elastic properties and microhardeness of glass (21); The viscosity of glass (27); Thermal expansion of glass (13); Heat capacity (7); Thermal conductivity and heat transfer in glass (7); Glass transition range behavior (73); Permeation, diffusion and ionic conduction in glass (37); Dielectric properties (13); Electronic condution (28); Chemical durability (11); Strenght and toughness (54); Optical properties (61); Fundamentals of inorganic glassmaking (43); Appendix (13).

A. Paul,"Chemistry of Glasses", Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1982, 293 p.

Chapters : Glasses formation (15); Phase transformation in glass (35); Physical properties (56); Chemical durability of glass (39); Oxidation-reduction equilibrium in glass (25); Acid-base concepts in glass (30); Coloured glasses (73); Polimeric nature of glass melt (14).

J. Zarzycki (ed.), in "Materials Science and Technology - A Compreensive Treatise", R. W. Cahan, P. Haasen, E.J. Kramer (eds.), Vol. 9 - Glasses and Amorphous Materials, VCH Publishers Inc., New York, NY, 1991, 797 p.

Chapters: M. Cable : Classical glass technology (82); J. Zarzycki : Methods of obtaining glasses and amorphous materials (23); G.W. Scherer: Glass formation and relaxation (49); P.H. Gaskell: Models for the structure of amorphous solids (96); H. Rawson: Oxide glasses (43); R. A. Weeks: Optical and magnetic properties of ion implanted glasses (39) ; S.R. Elliot: Chalcogenide glasses (71); J. Lucas : Halide glasses (31); R.W. Cahan: Mettalic glasses (48); S. Otani and A. Oya : Glass-like carbons (21); E. Rooler and H. Sillescu : Organic glasses and polymers (41); M. Weber : Optical properties of glasses (42); R. Brückner : Mechanical properties of glasses (37); M. D. Ingran : Electrical properties of glasses (32); J.B. MacChesney and D.J. Di Giovanni: Material Technology of optical fibers (21).

H. Bach and N. Neuroth (eds.), "The Properties of Optical Glass", Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1995, 409 p.

Chapters: A. J. Makker III and N. Neuroth: Overview Optical glass : An engineered material (11); M. .K. Th. Chement, J.S. Hayden, Y.T. Hayden, H-J. Hoffmann, F.-T. Lentes and N. Neuroth ; Optical quality (13); K. Nathermann, N. Neuroth, P.J. Scheller : Mechanical properties (21); U. Fotheringham : Thermal properties of glass (27); W. Heimerl and A. Peters : Chemical durability of optical glass (15); K.H. Fiedler: Processing (Grinding and polishing) (17); J.S. Hayden, E. Hillmann, H-J. Hoffmann, U. Kolberg, D. Krashkevich, M.J. Liepman, S.R. Loehr, P.Nab, N. Neuroth, B. Speit: Selected applications (115).

H.G. Pfaender, "Schott Guide to Glass", Chapman and Hall, London, UK, 1996, 207 p.

Chapters: The history of glass (15); Glass, the material (18); The glassmelt (15); Flat glass (33); Hollowware and glass tubing (105); Environmental protection in the glass melting process (5); Appendix (2).

C. L. Babcock, "Silicate Glass Technology Methods", John Wiley & Sons., New York, NY, 1977, 326 p.

Part I: Principles of glass technology. Chapters: Structures of minerals and glasses (15); The nature of silicate glasses (13); Sample preparation and property measurements (9); Property-composition-structure relations (25); Part II: Electromagnetic properties. Chapters: Dieletric properties (22); Refractive index and dispersion (28); Stress-optical effects in glass (15); Magnetic properties (8); Spectral absorption (28); Color formation in glass (13); Electrolytic conduction (18). Part III: Mechanical properties. Chapters: Definitions and nomenclature (6); Elastic behavior (19); Viscosity (15); Relaxation phenomena (17); Surface tension (9). Part IV: Thermal properties. Chapters: Heat transfer (11); Thermal expansion (11). Part V: Glassmaking processes. Chapters: Glass melting (8); glass forming (7); Annealing and tempering (7).

M. B. Volf, "Technical Approach to Glass", Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1990, 392 p.

Chapters: Silica glass (24); Binary alkali-silica glasses as raw materials for "water glass" (10); Hard alkali-lime-silica technical glasses (14); Soft instrument glasses (11); Thermometer glasses (10); Foamed glasses (4); Glass as a lubrificant in the extrusion of metals (2); Borate and borosilicate glasses (8); Glasses resistant to metal vapours (6); Glasses as a fertilizer (5); Neutral glasses (37); Thermally durable borosilicate glasses with an expasion of 3,3.10^-6 K^-1 (Pyrex, Simax) (105); Opal glasses resistant to thermal shock (5); Vycor and microporous glasses (23); Sealing glasses (55); Fibre glass (33).

O. V. Mazurin and E.A. Porai-Koshits (editors), "Phase separation in glass", North-Holland, Amsterdan, 1984, 370 p.

Chapters: Historical review (14); Theory of immiscibility (52); Methods of studying metastable phase separation (36); Immiscibility diagrams of oxide glass-forming systems (40); Tie-lines (20); The structure of phase-separated glass (38); Kinetics of phase separation (42); Properties of phase-separated glasses (48); Practical use of metastable liquid-liquid immiscibility (42).

Z. Strnad, "Glass-ceramic materials", Elsevier, amsterdam, 1986, 268 p.

Chapters: Characteristics of glass-ceramic materials (20); Basic types of phase transformations in glass-forming systems (47); Bulk crystallization in simple system (38); Procedures for the preparation of glass-ceramic materials (27); Methods of study (25); The properties of glass-ceramic materials (19); Survey of manufactured glass-ceramic materials, their properties and use (68).

P.W. McMillan, "Glass-ceramic", Academic Press, London, 1979 (2ed.), 285 p.

Chapters: Introduction (6); Crystallization and devitrification (54); Nucleating agents and glass types for controlled crystallization (36); The glass-ceramic process (90); Applications of glass-ceramics (12); The research and development potential of glass-ceramics (8).

T.S. Izumitani, "Optical glass", American Institute of Physics, New York, 1986, 197 p.

Chapters: What is glass? (14); Compositions and physical properties of optical glass (42); How optical glasses produced? Manufacturing methods and progress in manufacturing methods (34); Cold working of optical glasses (58); New glasses (44).