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 SiC 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 SiC 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-SiC Composites 103
W. Krenkel
Preparation and Characterization of La-ln-Mg-O and La-ln-Ca-O Ceramic Matrix Composites 125
C-F.KaoandC.-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. MacKenzie
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 SiC Based Materials 267
S.R Lee.J.O. LinJ.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. ParkYB. 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 MoSi2 Composites 309
Y.H. Park, H.K.Yoon, S.R Lee, WJ. ParkY.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 LajZr207 Evaluated for 1650°C Thermal/Environmental Barrier Coating Applications 331
D. Zhu, N.R Bansal, and R.A. Miller
Index 345
