Preface

Ceramic Fibers

Fine Ceramic Fibers: From Microstructure to High Temperature Mechanical Behavior

M.-H. Berger

Fabrication and Grain Growth in YAG and Mullfite Fibers

W.M. Kriven, K. Jurkschat, B.R. Johnson, W. Yoon, and C. Chiritescu

Raman and Rayleigh Imaging of the Corrosion Process of SiC Fibers

M. Havel and Ph. Colomban

Processing and Design

The Use of Electrophoretic Deposition for the Fabrication of Ceramic and Glass Matrix Composites

A.R. Boccaccini and C. Kaya

Fabrication of Reaction Sintered SiC Based Materials with Nanosize Particle Infiltration

SP. Lee, J.O. Jin, and A. Kohyama

Production of Al2O3-Ti3Al Cermets by the Pressureless Reaction Sintering Process

E. Rocha-Rangel, C.L. Echeverria, RL. Hernández, V.S. Cortes, and G.M. Gonzalez

Production of Multilayer Ceramic Laminates with Improved Mechanical Properties

M. Bertoldi, M. Patemoster, and V.M. Sgiavo

Designing with C/C-SiC Composites

W. Krenkel

Preparation and Characterization of La-In-Mg-O and La-In-Ca-O Ceramic Matrix Composites

C.-F. Kao and C.-T. Wu

Oxide Matrix Composites

Development of Si3N4/BAS Ceramic Matrix Composite for Engineering Applications

F.Yu, Y. Fang, and K.W. White

Interfacial Behavior of Two Oxide/Oxide Composites

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

K.J.D. MacKenzie

Effect of Blast Furnace SlagAddition on Microstructure and Properties of Metakaolinite Geopolymeric Materials

C.K. Yip, G.C. Lukey, and J.S.J. van Deventer

Composite Cold Ceramic Geopolymer in a Refractory Application

D.C. Comrie and W.M. Kriven

Microstructure and Michrochemistry of Fully-Reacted Geopolymers and Geopolymer Matrix Composites

W.M. Kriven, J.L. Bell, and M. Gordon

Mechanical Properties

Mechanical Behavior of Carbon-Carbon Composites at Room and Elevated Temperatures

N. Sundaram, R.W.Trice, and T.J. Bowman

Effect of Thermal Exposure on Microstructural and Mechanical Characteristics of Reaction Sintered SiC Based Materials

S.P. Lee, J.O. Lin, J.K. Lee, B.H. Min, H.K. Yoon, J.S. Park, Y. Katoh, and A. Kohyama

Fatigue Life and Crack Growth Behavior of Al18B4O33 Whisker Reinforced Composite

W.J. Park, Y.B. Choi, S.C. Huh, and H.K. Yoon

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Alumina-Copper Composites

S. Menon and W.G. Fahrenholtz

Characterization

Characterization of Zirconium Diboride-Molybdenum Disilicide Ceramics

A.L. Chamberlain, W.G. Fahrenholtz, G.E. Hilmas, and D.T. Ellerby

Sliding Wear Characteristics and Processing of MoSi2 Composites

Y.H. Park H.K. Yoon, S.P. Lee, W.J. Park, Y.B. Choi and S.C. Huh

Enhanced Wetting of Carbon-Coated Alumina Substrates by Aluminum Alloys

E. Rocha-Rangel, P.F. Becher and E. Lara-Curzio

Thermal/Environmental Barrier Coatings

Thermal Conductivity and Stability of HfO2-Y2O3 and La2Zr2O7 Evaluated for 1650°C Thermal/Environmental Barrier Coating Applications

D. Zhu, N.P. Bansal, and R.A. Miller

Index