Narottam P. Bansal & J. P. Singh 
Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites IX [PDF ebook] 

Preface ix
Ceramic Fibers
Fine Ceramic Fibers: From Microstructure to High Temperature
Mechanical Behavior 3
M.-H. Berger
Fabrication and Grain Growth In YAG and Mullite Fibers 27
W.M. Kriven, K. Jurkschat, B.R. Johnson, WYoon, and C.
Chiritescu
Raman and Rayleigh Imaging of the Corrosion Process of Si C
Fibers 47
M. Havel and Ph. Colomban
Processing and Design
The Use of Electrophoretic Deposition for the Fabrication of
Ceramic and Glass Matrix Composites 57
A.R. Boccaccini and C. Kaya
Fabrication of Reaction Sintered Si C Based Materials with
Nanosize Particle Infiltration 67
S.R Lee, J.O. Jin, and A. Kohyama
Production of AI203-Ti3AI Cermets by the Pressureless Reaction
Sintering Process 81
E. Rocha-Rangel, C.L Echeverria, R.L. Hernandez, VS. Cortes, and
G.M. Gonzalez
Production of Multilayer Ceramic Laminates with Improved
Mechanical Properties 89
M. Bertoldi, M. Paternoster; and V.M. Sglavo
Designing with C/C-Si C Composites 103
W. Krenkel
Preparation and Characterization of La-ln-Mg-O and La-ln-Ca-O
Ceramic Matrix Composites 125
C-F.Kaoand C.-TWu
Oxide Matrix Composites
Development of Si3N4/BAS Ceramic Matrix Composite for
Engineering Applications 141
F.YU.Y. Fang, and K.W.White
Interfacial Behavior of Two Oxide/Oxide Composites 163
N. Du Souich.Y Fang, U. Wilkund, and K.W White
Geopolymers and Geopolymer Matrix Composites
What are These Things Called Geopolymers? A Physicochemical
Perspective 175
K.J.D. Mac Kenzie
Effect of Blast Furnace Slag Addition on Microstructure and
Properties of Metakaolinite Geopolymeric Materials 187
C.K.Yip, G.C. Lukey, and J.S.J. van Deventer
Composite Cold Ceramic Geopolymer in a Refractory Application
211
D.C. Comrie and W.M. Kriven
Microstructure and Michrochemistry of Fully-Reacted Geopolymers
and Geopolymer Matrix Composites 227
W.M. Kriven, J.L Bell, and M. Gordon
Mechanical Properties
Mechanical Behavior of Carbon-Carbon Composites at Room and
Elevated Temperatures 253
N. Sundaram, R.WTrice, and TJ. Bowman
Effect of Thermal Exposure on Microstructural and Mechanical
Characteristics of Reaction Sintered Si C Based Materials 267
S.R Lee.J.O. Lin J.K. Lee, B.H. Min, H.KYoon, J.S. Park, Y Katoh,
and A. Kohyama
Fatigue Life and Crack Growth Behavior of AI|8B4033 Whisker
Reinforced Composite 277
WJ. Park YB. Choi, S.C. Huh, and H.K.Yoon
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Alumina-Copper
Composites 285
S. Menon and WG. Fahrenholtz
Characterization
Characterization of Zirconium Diboride-Molybdenum Disilicide
Ceramics 299
A.L Chamberlain, W.G. Fahrenhottz, G.E. Hilmas, and D.T
Ellerby
Sliding Wear Characteristics and Processing of Mo Si2 Composites
309
Y.H. Park, H.K.Yoon, S.R Lee, WJ. Park Y.B. Choi and S.C.
Huh
Enhanced Wetting of Carbon-Coated Alumina Substrates by Aluminum
Alloys 317
E. Rocha-Rangel, RF. Becher and E. Lara-Curzio
Thermal/Environmental Barrier Coatings
Thermal Conductivity and Stability of Hf02-Y203 and Laj Zr207
Evaluated for 1650°C Thermal/Environmental Barrier Coating
Applications 331
D. Zhu, N.R Bansal, and R.A. Miller
Index 345

Narottam P. Bansal, Ph D, is Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Glenn Research Center, where he has conducted research on glasses, ceramics, and composites since 1985. In addition to publishing more than 230 papers, Dr. Bansal holds seven patents and is the author or editor of five books and 32 conference proceedings.
J. P. Singh is the editor of Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites IX, published by Wiley.
Waltraud M. Kriven is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Kriven received her Ph.D. in 1976 in Solid State Chemistry from the University of Adelaide in South Australia and her B.Sc. (Honors) and Baccalaureate degrees in Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biochemistry from the same institute. She is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of phase transformations in inorganic compounds and their applications in structural ceramic composites. She has authored or co-authored over 240 research publications, and fourteen books to date.
Hartmut Schneider is the head of the ‘Structural and Functional Ceramics’ group at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Materials Research, Köln (Germany) and is a Professor of Applied Mineralogy at the University of Hannover (Germany). He has been working on different topics of high pressure mineralogy and on refractory and ceramic materials. He is renowned for his research work in crystal chemistry, ceramics and composites of mullite, an alumino silicate of the stoichiometric composition 3Al2O3·2Si O2. Professor Schneider has published over 200 scientific and technical papers. His list of awards includes the Japanese Government Research Award, the Lilienthal Award, and the Fellowship of the American Ceramic Society.