First European symposium on engineering ceramics: 25th/26th February 1985, London

Ceramics are set to revolutionise the engineering industry by replacing metal components. Many traditional metal engineering alloys are nearing the limit of their design life and research work over the last fifteen years, mainly in Britain, France, Germany, Japan and USA, has shown that ceramics, can easily outstrip metals in high performance technologies ranging from automotive, aerospace, electronics, bio‐medical, oil exploration, metal processing and chemical engineering.