Preface.
SINTERING.
Unveiling Spark Plasma Sintering High-Throughput Processing
(Robert Aalund).
Effect of ß-Phase Percentage on the Sinterability of SHS
Si3N4 Powder (Yong Jiang, Laner Wu, Youjun
Lu, and Zhenkun Huang).
MICROWAVE PROCESSING.
Microwave Synthesis of Cobalt-Ferrite Nano-Particles by Polyol
Method (Amal M. Ibrahim, Morsi M. Mahmoud, and M. M. Abd
El-Latif).
Investigation of Selective Microwave Heating by Use of Raman
Spectroscopy (G. Link, M. Thumm, W. Faubel, St. Heissler, and
P.G. Weidler).
COMPOSITES
Simulation of Manufacturing Process of Ceramic Matrix Composites
(Jeffrey S. Crompton, Kyle C. Koppenhoefer, and Sergei P.
Yushanov).
Novel Nontraditional High Alumina Ceramic Composite (Evelyn
M. DeLiso and Karl-Heinz Schofalvi).
Production of Ceramic Composite Materials of Aluminum-Silicon
Dioxide-Dolomite System Using SHS Process (B. B. Khina, K. B.
Podbolotov, A. A. Zgurskaya, and A. T. Volochko).
ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMIC (UHTC) COMPOSITES.
Fabrication of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Ultrahigh Temperature
Ceramics (UHTCs) Matrix Composite (Zhen Wang, Shaoming Dong, Le
Gao, Xiangyu Zhang, Yusheng Ding, and Ping He).
Effect of Particulate Volume Fraction on Mechanical Properties
of Pressureless Sintered ZrB2-SiC Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic
Composites (Manab Mallik, Rahul Mitra, and Kalyan Kumar
Ray).
NANOMATERIALS.
Exploring New Routes for the Development of Functional
Nanomaterials Using Extreme Pressure (K. Lipinska, P. Kalita, O.
Hemmers, S. Sinogeikin, G. Mariotto, C. Segre, and Y.
Ohki).
In Situ Formation of Carbon Nanostructures in High-Temperature
Ceramic-Carbon Nanocomposites (Rafael Guimaraes de Sa
and William Edward Lee).
Effect of Nano-SiC Addition on the Properties of Si3N4 (SHS)/SiC
(Nano) Composites (Yong Jiang, Laner Wu, Qingxiang Qin, and
Zhengkun Huang).
GLASS AND CERAMICS.
Synthesis and Characterization of Iron-Sodium-Calcium-Phosphate
Glasses and Glass Fibers (Ena A. Aguilar-Reyes, Carlos A.
Leon-Patifio, Christian O. Ruiz-Cedefio, Showan N. Nazhat, and
Robin A.L. Drew).
Activation of SHS Process in Al-Si02-C System Using Metallic
Powder Activating Reactants (K. B. Podbolotov).
New Porosity Inducing Material for Refractory Bricks (A.Y.
Badmos and S.A. Abdulkareem).
Combined Supercritical Extraction and Thermal Decomposition of
Binder from Green Ceramic Bodies (Brandon Abeln and Stephen J.
Lombardo).
Research on Firing Distortion Prediction and Correction
Techniques for Ceramics Design (Kiyoshi Soejima and Kiyoshi
Tomimatsu).
JOINING.
Joining and Integration Issues of Ceramic Matrix Composites for
Nuclear Applications (M. Ferraris, M. Salvo, V. Casalegno, S.
Rizzo, and A. Ventrella).
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES.
Mechanical Properties of Hot-Pressed B4C-SiC Composites
(Xiao-Lei Shi, Fu-Min Xu, Yi Tan, and Lai Wang).
Mechanical Property of Boron Carbide Ceramics Prepared by Spark
Plasma Reactive Sintering (S. Zhang, C. B.Wang, G. Chen, Q.
Shen, L. M. Zhang).
Tensile and Compressive Properties of 2D Pitch-Based and 3D
Pan-Based C/C Composites in Relation to Fiber Orientation
Distribution and Microstructure (Sardar S. Iqbal and Peter
Filip).
FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE.
Foreign Object Damage in Ceramic Matrix Composites and
Monolithic Silicon Nitrides (Sung R. Choi).
Static-Contact and Foreign-Object Damages in an Oxide/Oxide
(N720/ALUMINA) Ceramic Matrix Composite: Comparison with
AN720/Aluminosilicate (David C. Faucett, Donald J. Alexander,
and Sung R. Choi).
CHARACTERIZATION.
Nanoscale Characterization of Polymer Precursor Derived Silicon
Carbide with Atomic Force Microscopy and Nanoindentation (Arif
Rahman, Suraj C. Zunjarrao, and Raman P. Singh).
Measurement of Thermal Conductivity of Basic Refractories with
Straight Brick Specimens by Hot Wire Method (Yoshitoshi Saito,
Kinji Kanematsu, and Taijiro Matsui).
Preparing and Characterizing Natural Hydroxyapatite Ceramics
(Han Fenglan and Wu Laner).
Intermediate Temperature Oxidation: Review and Test Method
Refinement (K. Sinnamon, G. Ojard, B. Flandermeyer, and R.
Miller).
Structural and Thermal Study of Al203 Produced by Oxidation of
Al-Powders Mixed with Corn Starch (Juliana Anggono, Soejono
Tjitro, Hans H. Magawe, and Gunawan Wibisono).
Author Index.
