Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Ceramic Matrix Composites -- FABRICATION OF NOVEL ZrO2(Y2O3)-Al2O3 CERAMICS HAVING HIGH STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS BY PULSED ELECTRIC-CURRENT PRESSURE SINTERING (PECPS) OF SOL-GEL DERIVED SOLID SOLUTION POWDERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- Preparation of ZrO2(Y2O3)- 25mol%AhO3 ceramics -- EVALUATION OF SAMPLES -- Microstructures -- Mechanical properties -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Characterization of powders and ceramics -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SiC MANUFACTURE VIA REACTIVE INFILTRATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- 2.1 MATERIALS -- 2.2 INFILTRATION TESTS -- 2.3 MICROSTRUCTURE -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSION -- 3.1 GREEN PREFORM CHARACTERIZATION -- 3.2 EFFECT OF REACTION TEMPERATURE ON THE DENSITY OF THE COMPOSITES -- 3.3 EFFECT OF DWELL TIME ON THE DENSITY OF THE COMPOSITES -- 3.4 MICROSTRUCTURE OF THE COMPOSITES -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- 5.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CONDUCTIVE GLASS COMPOSITES WITH NETWORKS OF SILICON CARBIDE WHISKERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENT -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ALUMINA-TITANIUM COMPOSITES WITH IMPROVED FRACTURE TOUGHNESS AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS -- Density -- Microstructure -- Mechanical properties -- Electrical properties -- CONCLUSIONS -- Acknowledgments -- References -- FRACTURE TOUGHNESS ENHANCEMENT OF MULLITE-CERAMICS REINFORCED WITH METALS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS -- Density -- X-ray diffraction -- Microstructure -- Mechanical properties (HV and Kic) -- CONCLUSIONS -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Innovative Processing -- STEEL-CERAMIC LAMINATES MADE BY TAPE CASTING - PROCESSING AND INTERFACES.

ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- Powder Preparation -- Tape casting -- Lamination and reshaping of green laminates -- Heat treatment -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- COMPARISON OF WAX EXTRACTION METHODS USED IN SYNTHETIC GRANULAR COMPOSITE SPORT SURFACES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- Materials -- Solvent Decanting Method -- Soxhlet Extraction Method -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SYNTHESIS AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Ni-Cu NANO-MAGNETIC CERAMICS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Structural properties -- Magnetic Performance -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- A STUDY OF ARMOUR RELATED PROPERTIES OF CERAMIC -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS -- where F is the applied load in kgf -- Microstructure -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- A NOVEL DIP COATING METHOD FOR REACTION BONDING OF ALUMINUM ON ALUMINA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCE -- PROCESSING AND MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SINTERED LANTHANUM ALUMINATE OBTAINED BY TWO DIFFERENT ROUTES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- RESULT AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Controlled Synthesis, Processing, and Applications of Structural and Functional Nanomaterials -- PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF NOBLE METAL CATALYSTS ON MESOPOROUS BIOMORPHIC CARBON -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES - SYNTHESIS AND PHOTOCATALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- Materials -- Sample preparation -- Sample characterization -- Photodegradation studies -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION.

CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- MAGNETIC SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES IRON OXIDE STABILIZED WITH DEXTRAN -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL -- 2.1 MATERIALS -- 2.2 PREPARATION OF IRON OXIDE MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES AND THE COATING WITH DEXTRAN -- 2.3 CHARACTERIZATION OF PREPARED MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MAGNETIC AND MOSSBAUER BEHAVIOR OF IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES STABILIZED WITH POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL -- 2.1 MATERIALS -- 2.2 PREPARATION OF IRON OXIDE MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES AND THE COATING WITH PEG -- 2.3 CHARACTERIZATION OF PREPARED MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SYNTHESIS OF DIAMOND AND VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE DOUBLE-LAYERED NANOSTRUCTURES BY HOT FILAMENT CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Electronic and Functional Ceramics -- PHOTOLUMINESCENCE OF Fe-DOPED INP SINGLE CRYSTALS PRODUCED WITH VARIOUS WAFER PROCESSES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgements -- References -- CONFIGURATIONS, CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONS OF NOVEL VARISTOR-TRANSISTOR HYBRID DEVICES USING PSEUDOBROOKITE OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR CERAMIC SUBSTRATES -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DETERMINATION OF VARISTOR CHARACTERISTICS: 2-POINTS AND 3- POINTS -- III. TRANSISTOR DEVICES AND PROPERTIES -- III.1 VBT (or, Vb-Transistor) when I d >>Ib -- III.2 VBT when Id ≤ Ib -- III.3 Frequency response of a VBT -- III.4 Comparison between a VBT and a BJT transistor -- 111.5 Electric field effect transistor (E- FET) -- IV. CONCLUSIONS.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MICROSTRUCTURAL DESIGN OF PIEZOELECTRIC ZnO THIN FILMS AS HIGH FREQUENCY RESONATORS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- ZnO film thickness -- Grazing incidence XRD scans -- TEM analysis -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- NOVEL METHOD OF RESEARCHING AND DEVELOPING PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS BY MEASURING ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- VACANCY MODELING IN LEAD TITANATE AND LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Materials for Harsh Environments -- INFLUENCE OF THE CURE WET ON MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMICAL MORTAR -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM -- 2.1 MATERIALS -- 3. TESTING PROCEDURES -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4.1 THE POROSITY ACCESSIBLE TO WATER -- 5. CARBONATION -- 5.1 DETECTION BY SPRAYING PHENOLPHTHALEIND -- CONCLUSIONS -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES -- THE DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIHYDRATE FIXATOR AND STABILIZER OF GLUTARALDEHYDE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MORPHOLOGICAL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS OF ADMIXED Zn-SnO2 COMPOSITES ELECTRO-DEPOSITED ON MILD STEEL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Structural Studies -- Electro-Oxidation Studies -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- NEW LEAN ALLOY ALTERNATIVES FOR 300 SERIES STAINLESS STEELS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 INVESTIGATIONS -- 1.1 Materials -- 1.2 Sample preparation and investigations -- 2 RESULTS -- 3 DISCUSSION -- 4 CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CERAMIC MATERIALS IN CARBONATE FUEL CELL -- ABSTRACT.

INTRODUCTION AND PRODUCT STATUS -- CERAMIC MATERIALS IN DFC -- CELL ACTIVE COMPONENTS (ELECTRODE AND ELECRTROLYTE MATRIX) -- Anode -- Cathode -- Matrix -- CELL HARDWARE PROTECTIVE COATING -- CERAMIC MATERIALS IN STACK MODULE AND BOP -- Manifold Gasket -- Dielectrics and Thermal Insulation -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Processing and Performance of Materials Using Microwaves, Electric and Magnetic Fields -- MICROSTRUCTURE AND MAGNETOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF MICROWAVE SINTERED CoFe2O4-PZT PARTICULATE COMPOSITE SYNTHESIZED IN SITU -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- STRUCTURE AND MAGNETIC PROPERTY OF FeAlO4 SYNTHESIZED BY MICROWAVE HEATING -- ABSTRACT -- 1NTROUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCE -- HIGH FREQUENCY MICROWAVE SINTERING OF A NANOSTRUCTURED VARISTOR COMPOSITION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AN EXPLANATION OF MICROWAVE EFFECTS BY EXPANSION OF TRANSIT STATE THEORIES WITH DISTURBED VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS BY MICROWAVE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXCITATION OF ULTRASOUND WAVE BY EXTERNAL MICROWAVE -- 3. PERTURBATIONS COUPLED TO COLLISION-LESS ENERGY TRANSFERS BY ELECTRO-KINETIC WAVE -- 4. EYRING MODEL WITH PERTURBED VELOCITY FUNCTION AND THE EXTRA ENERGY PATH -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCE -- SYNTHESIS OF DIVALENT Sn COMPOUNDS UNDER MICROWAVE NON-EQUILIBRIUM REACTION FIELD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- UNDERSTANDING NON-THERMAL MICROWAVE EFFECTS IN MATERIALS PROCESSING - A CLASSICAL NON-QUANTUM APPROACH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WORK INPUT TO SOLID-DIELECTRICS UNDER CPR MICROWAVE IRRADIATION.

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