One INTRODUCTORY LECTURES. - 1. Defect Thermodynamics - Historical. - 2. The Real Structure of Defect Solids. - 3. Electron Transport in Transition-Metal and Rare-Earth Oxides. - 4. Solid-State Reactions Between Oxides. - 5. Point Defects in Oxides. - Banquet Address: Scientific Understanding of the Manufacture and Properties of Solid Oxidic Industrial Materials. - Two THEORY AND CHARACTERIZATION. - 1. Calculation of Defect-Formation Energies in Alkaline-Earth Oxides: Interionic Forces. - 2. Concentrated Defects in PuO2. - 3. The Defect Structure of Transition-Metal Monoxides. - 4. High-Resolution Electron Microscopy of Defects and Disorder in Crystals. - 5. Vacancy-Related Defects in the Alkaline-Earth Oxides. - 6. Defect Characterization by Indirect Experimental Techniques. - Agenda Discussion: Theory and Characterization of Defects and Transport in Oxides. - Three TRANSPORT OF MASS AND CHARGE. - 1. Electrical Conductivity and Diffusion in Some Transition-Metal Oxides. - 2. Diffusion-Path Networks in the Wurtzite Lattice. - 3. Some Aspects of Electrical Properties of Metal Oxides. - 4. Growth of Pure Crystals of NiO and Measurement of Their Drift Mobility. - 5. Defect Structure and Electrical Conductivity of Crystalline Ferrous Silicate. - Agenda Discussion: Transport of Mass and Charge. - Four DEFECT DEPENDENT PROCESSES I (Creep & Sintering). - 1. Nonstoichiometry and Doping in the Sintering of Oxides. - 2. Final Stage Sintering and Grain Growth in Oxides. - 3. Approaches to Describing the Kinetic Behavior of Distributions of Second-Phase Inclusions. - 4. Precipitation Hardening in Ceramics. - 5. Development of Substructures During Creep and Effect of Ionic Defects and Precipitates on the Strength of Magnesium Oxide. - 6. The Influence of Stoichiometric Defects on the Creep of Oxides With the Fluorite Structure. - Agenda Discussion: Creep and Sintering. - Five DEFECT DEPENDENT PROCESSES II (Oxidation Solid State Reactions Electrochemistry). - 1. Diffusional Growth of Oxide Scales on Binary Alloys. - 2. The Importance of Short-Circuit and Related Transport Processes in High-Temperature Oxidation. - 3. Defects and Impurities Influences on Phase Transformations in Rare Earth Oxides. - 4. Interdiffusion and Association Phenomena in Some Oxide Systems. - 5. Ionic Conduction in Oxides at Low Temperatures. - Agenda Discussion: Oxidation Solid Reactions Electrochemistry. - Six CONCLUDING DISCUSSION: CRITICAL ISSUES. - Concluding Discussion: Critical Issues. - Author Index. - Chemical Index. Language: English