A wide range of advanced materials are prepared by cryogenic processing methods (also called freeze-drying synthesis). This book focuses on the cryochemical technology of advanced inorganic materials, which has been the subject of the authors' research for many years. This book is the first in the 30-year history of this technology completely devoted to the processes and application of cryochemical synthesis. The authors also draw special attention to the fundamental aspects of cryochemical processes and their physcio-chemical background. Considerably more research has been performed on this subject in the USSR than anywhere else and this book also contains a large volume of previously unpublished scientific material.
Cryochemical Technology of Advanced Materials will be of interest to materials scientists and chemical engineers, especially those working on catalysis, adsorbents, coatings powder metallurgy, semiconductors, ceramics and organic synthesis.

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Preface. 1: Introduction. 1.1. Techniques for attaining low and extra-low temperatures. 1.2. Chemical reactions at low temperatures (cryochemistry). 1.3. Cryoquenching in technology of metallic and non-metallic substances and materials. 1.4. Low-temperature properties of substances and materials. 2: Main processes in cryochemical technology. 2.1. Cryoclystallization processes. 2.2. Freeze-drying processes. 2.3. Cryoextraction processes. 2.4. Cryoprecipitation processes. 2.5. Processing of cryoproducts. 2.6. Cryodispersion processes. 3: Application of cryochemical processes in advanced materials preparation. 3.1. Phosphor materials. 3.2. Magnetic materials. 3.3. Ferroelectric materials. 3.4. Solid-state ionics. 3.5. Superconducting ceramic materials. 3.6. Electrode materials. 3.7. Materials for catalysts and sorbents. 3.8. Refractory oxides. 3.9. Ultrafine metal and metal alloy powders. 3.10. Inorganic composites. 3.11. Miscellaneous inorganic substances and materials. 3.12. Biomedical materials and drugs. 4: Safety and hazards in cryochemical technology of advanced materials. References. 5: Conclusion. Further reading. Index.