Intro -- Pyrochlore Ceramics: Properties, Processing, and Applications -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Biographies -- Preface -- Section 1: Process and structure of pyrochlores -- Chapter 1: Crystal chemistry and phase transitions in pyrochlore and related structures -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Fluorite supergroup -- 1.3. Pyrochlore supergroup -- 1.3.1. Pyrochlore group -- 1.3.2. Microlite group -- 1.3.3. Rom̌ite group -- 1.3.4. Elsmoreite group -- 1.3.5. Unassigned members -- 1.3.6. Betafite group -- 1.4. Weberite group -- 1.5. Zirconolite group -- 1.6. Ingersonite -- 1.7. Murataite-(Y) -- 1.8. Pittongite -- 1.9. Phyllotungstite -- 1.10. Allendeite -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2: Crystal growth of magnetic pyrochlore oxides and their structure-property correlations -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Pyrochlore structure -- 2.3. Crystal growth of pyrochlores -- 2.3.1. Crystal growth techniques -- 2.3.1.1. Optical floating zone method -- 2.3.1.2. High-temperature solution growth method -- 2.3.2. Crystal growth of some specific pyrochlore families -- 2.3.2.1. Titanates -- 2.3.2.2. Zirconates -- 2.3.2.3. Molybdates -- 2.3.2.4. Iridates -- 2.4. Structure-property correlations -- 2.4.1. Titanates -- 2.4.1.1. Tb2Ti2O7 -- 2.4.1.2. Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7 -- 2.4.1.3. Yb2Ti2O7 -- 2.4.1.4. Sm2Ti2O7 -- 2.4.2. Zirconates -- 2.4.2.1. Nd2Zr2O7 -- 2.4.2.2. Pr2Zr2O7 -- 2.4.2.3. Sm2Zr2O7 -- 2.4.2.4. Dy2Zr2O7and Er2Zr2O7 -- 2.4.3. Molybdates -- 2.4.4. Iridates -- 2.4.4.1. Specific difficulties in controlling the stoichiometry of pyrochlore iridates -- 2.4.4.2. Stuffing studies in the pyrochlore iridates -- 2.4.4.3. Doping studies in the pyrochlore iridates -- Filling control -- Bandwidth control -- Miscellaneous doped sample -- 2.5. Conclusions and perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References.