This survey of research on a wide range of carbide, nitride and boride materials, covers the general issues relevant to the development and characterisation of a variety of advanced materials. Topics include structure and electronic properties, modelling, processing, high-temperature chemistry, oxidation and corrosion, mechanical behaviour, manufacturing and applications. The volume complements more specialised books on specific materials as well as more general texts on ceramics or hard materials, presenting a survey of materials research as a key to technological development. After decades of research, the materials are being used in electronics, wear resistant, refractory and other applications, but numerous new applications are possible. Roughly equal number of papers cover theoretical and experimental research in the general field of materials science of refractory materials.
