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Thoroughly updated, this handbook remains the single source for understanding how aqueous solvents or mineralizers work under temperature and pressure to dissolve and recrystallize normally insoluble materials and decompose or recycle waste material.

Table of Contents

1. Hydrothermal Technology—Principles and Applications2. History of Hydrothermal Technology3. Apparatus4. Physical Chemistry of Hydrothermal Growth of Crystals5. Hydrothermal Growth of Some Selected Crystals6. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Growth of Zeolites7. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Growth of Coordinated Complex Crystals (Part I)8. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Crystal Growth of Fluorides, Sulfides, Tungstates, Molybdates, and Related Compounds (Coordinated Complex Crystals, Part II)9. Hydrothermal Synthesis of Native Elements and Simple Oxides10. Hydrothermal Technology for Nanotechnology – A Technology for Processing of Advanced Materials

About the Author

Dr. K Byrappa is a Professor at the University of Mysore in India. He specializes in hydrothermal te Dr. Masahiro Yoshimura is a Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.