Ceramic Microstructures '86

Progress in the Understanding of Ceramic Microstructures and Interfaces since 1976.- Ceramic Microstructures: The Art of the Possible.- Designing Material Structures.- Purposive Design of Nanocomposites: Entire Class of New Materials.- Design of High Thermal Expansion Glass-Ceramics Through Micros truetura1 Control.- Microdesigning of Ceramic-Metal Composites.- Characterization of Microstructures.- Grain Boundaries and Interfaces: Some Applications of Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis.- Quantitative Characterization of Microstructural Geometry of Interfaces.- Gas Transport as a Tool for Structural Characterization of Inter facial Phases.- Unit Cell Distortion of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 by Pb(Co,Nb)O3.- Electron Microscopy Studies of BaTiO3~NaNbO3 Ceramics.- Analytical Electron Microscopy of the Glassy Phase in Mullite/Zirconia Composites.- Microstructure Characterization of Basalt Glass-Ceramics.- Interfacial Reaction Between Bioactive Glass and Synthetic Physiological Solution.- Oxidation and Microstructure of Sintered Silicon Nitride.- Origin of Cracking Phenomena Observed in Decomposition Reactions.- Characterization of Interfaces.- Oxide Interfaces: Theory of Oxide-Oxide and Oxide-Metal Interfaces.- Green Function Method for Calculation of Atomistic Structure of Grain Boundary Interfaces in Ionic Crystals.- Comparison of the Energies of Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Grain Boundaries.- The Structure of a Natural Grain Boundary in a Magnetite Bicrystal Studied by XRD Technique.- Interface Morphology in Ceramics.- HREM Study of a Tetragonal ? Monoclinic Martensitic Interface in a Y2O3-Stabilized ZrO2 Alloy.- Control of the Tetragonal to Monoclinic Phase Transformation of Yttria-doped Tetragonal ZrO2 Polycrystals by Annealing in Water.- Grain Boundary Energy of Twisted MgO Bicrystals on (100).- T.E.M. Statistical Characterization of Grain Boundaries in Polycrystalline NiO Scales Obtained by High Temperature Oxidation of Nickel.- Structure of High-Angle Grain Boundaries in NiO.- High-Angle Grain Boundaries in Sheet Silicates (Biotite/Chlorite): A TEM Study.- HRTEM Analysis of Ordered Grain Boundaries in High Purity Alpha-SiC.- Atomic Structure of Interfaces in Sialon Ceramics.- Characterization of Impurity Segregations.- Atomistic Lattice Simulations of the Structure, Energetics and Impurity Segregation Behaviour of Ceramic Boundaries.- Distribution and Influence of Minor Constituents on Ceramic Formulations.- Characterization of Interphase Interfaces.- Diffusion Bonding of Metal/Ceramic Interfaces-A Model Study at the Nb/Al2O3Interfaces.- Ceramic-Metal Reactions and Their Effect on the Interface Microstructure.- The Influence of Surface Roughness on Interface Formation in Metal/Ceramic Diffusion Bonds.- A Reappraisal of Wetting in the System AI-AI2O3 from 750-1000 C.- Microstructural Characterization of Ni/Al203 Diffusion Bonds.- Bonding Ceramic-Metal Interfaces and Joints.- Copper-Glass-Ceramic Interfaces and Composites: Reactions, Microchemistry, and Electrical Properties.- The Study of Microstructures for Pt-Silicide Interfaces after Nd:YAG Laser Irradiation by XRD, SEM, XPS, and RBS.- High Resolution Electron Microscopy of Silicon Nitride-Metal Bonded Interfaces.- Interfacial Chemistry and Bonding in Fiber Reinforced Glass and Glass-Ceramic Matrix Composites.- Effects of Interfacial Diffusion Barriers on Thermal Stability of Ceramic Fibers.- Solid State Bonding of Alumina and Steel by HIPING.- Thermochemical Analyses of Interface Reactions in Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Glass Matrix Composites.- Interfaces in Heterogeneous Dissolution of Oxides in Molten Ca-Al-Silicates.- Microstructure Development.- Powders, Interfaces, and Processing: Alumina as a Case Study.- The Role of Powder Packing in Sintering.- Effect of Pores on Microstructure Development.- Microstructure Development of Hydrothermal Powders and Ceramics.- The Colloidal Chemistry of Growing Silica Spheres.- Effects of Vapor Transport on Microstructure Development.- Controlling Grain Growth.- The Effects of Grain Growth on the Intergranular Porosity Distributions in Hot-Pressed and Swelled UO2.- Effects of Solutes on the Grain Boundary Mobility of TiO2.- Microstructural Development in Hot Pressed CaO: Density Decrease and Pore Growth During Post Sintering.- Diffusion Induced Interface Migration in Ceramics.- Grain Boundary Diffusion Artefacts in Polycrystalline Nickel Oxide Grown by High Temperature Oxidation.- Variations in Grain Growth of Donor-Doped SrTiO3 with Cation Nonstoichiometry.- The Wetting and Dewetting of Grain Boundaries.- Anion Controlled Microstructures in the Al2O3-AIN System.- Sintering.- Sintering Theory for Crystalline Solids.- Selected Sintering Conditions for SiC and Si3N4 Ceramics.- Colloidal Consolidation and Sintering Behavior of CVD-Processed Mullite Powders.- Sintering of Acicular NiZn-Ferrite Powder.- Continuous SiC Fiber/Glass Composites.- Electrical Properties.- Electrical Conductivity in Ceramics: A Review.- The Crystallographical and Chemical Relationship between Intergranular and Bulk Resistivity in Semi-Conductor Oxides.- Interface Effects in Zinc Oxide Varistors.- The Role of Inter facial Microstructure in ZnO Varistor Materials.- Electrical Properties and Microstructure of ZnO-Nb2O5~MnO Ceramics Sintered in the Liquid Phase.- New Composite PTC Materials Based on PbTiO3-TiO2.- Effects of Microstructure Control on Ferroelectric Ceramics.- Effect of Deviations from Stoichiometry on Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Ferrites.- Optical Effects of Grain Boundaries in PLZT Ceramics.- Microstructures of High Dielectric Constant Materials.- Interfaces Generated by Electronic Device Development in Beta SiC Thin Films.- Electrical Barriers at Grain Boundaries in Silicon Carbide Materials with BeO Addition.- Microstructural Analysis of Silicon Carbide Materials with BeO Addition.- Mechanical Properties and Behavior.- The New Generation of High Toughness Ceramics.- Influence of Microstructure on Creep Rupture.- Mechanisms of Dynamic Failure in Debased Alumina.- Some Interfacial Related Properties of Transformation Toughened Ceramics.- Precipitation in a (Mg) Partially Stabilized Zirconia during Aging at 1000 C.- High Temperature Mechanical Properties of ZrO2-Based Ceramics.- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Al2TiO5-Mullite-ZrO2 Composite Obtained by Reaction Sintering.- Interfaces in Ceramic Fiber Composites.- Delamination Toughening from Interfacial Cracking in Ceramics and Ceramic Composites.- Development of Structure in Silicon Nitride Grain Boundaries.- The Impact of Compositional Variations and Processing Conditions on Secondary Phase Characteristics in Sintered Silicon Nitride Materials.- Structure and Chemistry of Interfaces in Silicon Carbide-Containing Materials.- Interfaces in Alumina-SiC Whisker Composites.- Creep Performance of Silicon Carbide Whisker-Reinforced Alumina.- Temperature-Dependent Toughening in Whisker-Reinforced Ceramics.- Effect of High Temperature Oxidation on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Whisker-Reinforced Ceramics.- The Role of Interfacial Reactions on the Mechanical Properties of Ceramic Brazements.- Fracture Energies of Ceramic-Metal Interfaces.- On the Fracture Behavior and Microstructure of Metal-to-Ceramic Joints.