With continued discoveries and innovations, the field of materials
synthesis and processing remains as it has been for many decades, a
vibrant and fertile area for research and development. It comes,
therefore, as no surprise that every Pac Rim conference has had
considerable emphasis on this topic with many symposia devoted to
various aspects of this field.
This Ceramic Transactions volume represents selected papers
based on presentations in four symposia during the 8th Pacific Rim
Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, held in Vancouver,
British Columbia, May 31-June 5, 2009.
Tabella dei contenuti
Preface ix
Introduction xi
SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING BY THE SPARK PLASMA METHOD
Simulation of Contact Resistances Influence on Temperature Distribution during SPS Experiments 3
A. Cincotti, A. M. Locci, R. Orrù, and G. Cao
Spark-Plasma-Sintering (SPS) Processsing of High Strength Transparent Mg AI204 Spinel Polycrystals 19
Koji Morita, Byung-Nam Kim, Hidehiro Yoshida, and Keijiro Hiraga
Consolidation of Carbon with Amorphous-Graphite Transformationby SPS 31
Naoki Toyofuku, Megumi Nishimoto, Kazuki Arayama, Yasuhiro Kodera, Manshi Ohyanagi, and Zuhair A. Munir
Spark Plasma Sintering of Nanostructured Ceramic Materials with Potential Magnetoelectricity 41
C. Correas, R. Jiménez, T. Hungría, H. Amorin, J.Ricote, E. Vila, M. Algueró, A. Castro, and J. Galy
Sintering and Properties of Nanometric Functional Oxides55
Dat V. Quach, Sangtae Kim, Manfred Martin, and Zuhair A.Munir
Spark Plasma Sintering Mechanisms in Si3N4-Based Materials63
M. Belmonte, J. Gonzalez-Julian, P. Miranzo, and M.I.Osendi
Consolidation of Si C with BN through MA-SPS Method 71
Yasuhiro Kodera, Naoki Toyofuku, Ryousuke Shirai, Manshi Ohyanagi, and Zuhair A. Munir
Fabrication of Dense Zr-, Hf- and Ta-Based Ultra High Temperature Ceramics by Combining Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis and Spark Plasma Sintering 81
Roberta Licheri, Roberto Orrù, Clara Musa, Antonio Mario Locci, and Giacomo Cao
NOVEL, GREEN, AND STRATEGIC PROCESSING
Microwave Sintering of Mullite and Mullite-Zirconia Composites95
Subhadip Bodhak, Susmita Bose, and Amit Bandyopadhyay
Idle Time and Gelation Behavior in Gelcasting Process of PSZ in Acrylamide System 105
Nasim Sahraei Khanghah and Mohammad-Ali Faghihi-Sani
Characterization of the Mesoporous Amorphous Silica in the Fresh Water Sponge Cauxi 115
Ralf Keding, Martin Jensen, and Yuanzheng Yue
Novel Chemistry-Modification Approach for Synthesis of Si AIONfrom Fly Ash 131
J. P. Kelly, J. R. Varner, W. M. Carty, and V. R.Amarakoon
Patterning of Closed Pores Utilizing the Superplastically Foaming Method 143
A. Kishimoto, Y. Nishino, and H. Hayashi
The Research of Materials Life Cycle Assessment 153
Zuo Ren Nie, Feng Gao, Xian Zheng Gong, Zhi Hong Wang, and Tie Yong Zuo
Modeling Dual and Mg O Saturated EAF Slag Chemistry 167
Kyei-Sing Kwong, James Bennett, Rick Krabbe, Art Petty, and Hugh Thomas
ADVANCED POWDER PROCESSING
Aqueous Processing of Ti C Preforms for Advanced Cermet Preparation 181
R. Bradley Collier and Kevin P. Plucknet
The Effect of Precipitator Types on the Synthesis of La2Zr207Powders by Chemical Coprecipitation Method 189
Jing Wang, Shuxin Bai, Hong Zhang, and Changrui Zhang
The Study of Prepration of Blue V-Zircon Pigment by Using Zirconand Sulphuric Acid 197
M. Riahi and M.A. Faghihi Sani
Preparation of Blue-Ceramic Pigments by Reaction Bonding207
Enrique Rocha-Rangel, Imelda Villanueva-Baltazar, Lucia Téllez-Jurado, and Elizabeth Refugio-García
Colloidal Characterization and Aqueous Gel Casting of Barium Titanate Ceramics 215
Cameron D. Munro and Kevin P. Plucknett
Dispersion and Fluidity of Aqueous Aluminium Titanate Slurry by Addition of Titanate Aqueous Solution 227
Seizo Obata, Yoshiyuki Iwata, Hisanori Yokoyama, Osamu Sakurada, Minoru Hashiba, and Yasutaka Takahashi
Author Index 235
Circa l’autore
Zuhair A. Munir is a Distinguished Professor of Materials Science at the University of California, Davis. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph D from the University of California, Berkeley. He has served as Associate Dean and as Dean of the College of Engineering. Professor Munir has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the John Jeppson Award from the American Ceramic Society, The Faculty Research Award and Medal form UC Davis, the Medal of Honor form the International Organization of SHS, the Creativity in Research Award from the National Science Foundation, and the von Humboldt Award from Germany. He is listed as a Highly Cited Author in Materials Science by the Institute for Scientific Information. Professor Munir is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and the American Society for Metals. He is currently an Editor for the Journal of Materials Science and an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Ceramic Society and has served as Editor-in-chief for the Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing and as a Principal Editor for the Journal of Materials Research. Professor Munir is the author of more than 400 papers and 12 patents.