Cutting edge high temperature materials include high temperature superconductors, solid oxide fuel cells, thermoelectric materials and ultrahigh temperature construction materials (including metals, cermets and ceramics) and have applications in key areas such as energy, transportation and space technologies.
This book  introduces the concepts which underpin research into these critical materials including thermodynamics, kinetics and various physical, chemical and modelling techniques with a focus on practical “how to” methods and covers:
Introduction to High Temperature Research
Basic Design of High Temperature Furnaces
Temperature Measurement
Radiation Pyrometry
Refractory Materials in the Laboratory
Vacuum in Theory and Practice
The Design of Vacuum Furnaces and Thermobalances
With highly detailed instrument illustrations and an emphasis on the control and measurement of the fundamental properties of temperature, pressure and mass,
High Temperature Experiments in Chemistry and Materials Science
provides a practical reference on high temperature measurements, for researchers, advanced students and those working in academic or industrial laboratories.