13th International Ceramics Congress - Part C -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Materials for Tribology Applications -- Novel Super-Elastic Materials for Advanced Bearing Applications -- Tribological Behaviour of Ceramic Hip Replacements -- Carbon Based Coatings for Hermetic Compressor Applications -- Effect of Different Form of Carbon Addition on the Wear Behaviour of Copper Based Composites -- Chapter 2: High and Ultra High Temperature Ceramics -- Amorphization, Field Activated Sintering and Superplastic Forming of UHTCs -- Nonoxide High-Melting Point Compounds as Materials for Extreme Conditions -- Reaction Bonded Si3N4 (RBSN)/BN Composites for Industrial Applications -- Development and Processing of SiAlON Nano-Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering -- Two-Step Pressureless Sintering of Silicon Carbide-Based Materials -- Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Alumina Using a Novel Mixing Technique and Spark Plasma Sintering of the Nanocomposites with Improved Fracture Toughness -- Corrosion of Polymer-Derived Ceramics in Hydrofluoric Acid and Sodium Salts -- Fracture Mechanics of Y2O3 Ceramics at High Temperatures -- Development of Cordierite Ceramics from Natural Raw Materials -- First Principles Calculations of Interfaces in Ultra High Temperature Ceramics -- Influence of B4C, SiC and Si3N4 Additions on Microstructures and Selected Properties of Titanium Nitride Matrix Materials Obtained by HPHT Method -- Chapter 3: Max Phases -- Critical Review of the Oxidation of Cr2AlC -- Study of the Thermal Stability and Mechanical Characteristics of MAX Phases of Ti-Al-C(N) System and their Solid Solutions -- Chapter 4: Fiber Composites -- Heat-Resistant Inorganic Fibers -- Poly-Siloxane Impregnation and Pyrolysis of Basalt Fibers for the Cost-Effective Production of CFCCs.

Multilayered Fiber-Reinforced Oxide Composites Produced by Lamination of Thermoplastic Prepregs -- Evaluation of Wearing Properties of Polyamide 66 Containing Glass Wool -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.