Frontiers in Materials and Minerals Engineering -- Preface, Committees and Sponsors -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Materials Engineering -- Ageing Characteristics of Equal Channel Angular Pressed Al-Mg-Si Alloy -- Bone Marrow Cell Response on Carbonate Apatite/PCL-Coated α-Tricalcium Phosphate Foam -- Characterization Copper (II) Chloride Modified Montmorillonite filled PLA Nanocomposites -- Comparison of Friction Stir and Tungsten Inert Gas Weldments of AA6061-T6 -- Comparison of Mechanical Properties and Curing Characteristics of Natural Rubber Composites with Different Coupling Agents -- Comparison on the Properties of Glass Fiber/MWCNT/Epoxy and Carbon Fiber/MWCNT/Epoxy Composites -- Decolourization of Simulated Dye Wastewater Containing Reactive Blue 19 (RB19) by the Electro-Fenton Reaction in the Presence of Metal Oxide-Coated Electrodes -- Effect of Cleaning Agent on Tensile and Swelling Properties of Natural Rubber Latex Film -- Effect of Solid Concentration on Properties of Porous Alumina -- Effect of the Sponge Used as the Template for the Production of Porous Cordierite -- Effect of Synthesis Parameters on Size of the Biodegradable Poly (L-Lactide) (PLLA) Microspheres -- Effect of Zinc Nitrate Concentration on Formation of AuNPs by Sacrificial Templated Growth Hydrothermal Approach and its Properties in Organic Memory Device -- Effects of SiO2 Nanoparticles on Dielectric Characteristic of Aloe Vera Paste -- Electrical Properties of LLDPE/SR with Nano-Silica and Nanoboron Nitride -- Granite Waste as a Raw Material in Ceramic Body Formulations -- Improvement of Compressive Properties of Porous HA Scaffold by Introducing PCL Secondary Phase -- Iron-Free Hydroxyapatite Powder from Synthetic Ca(OH)2 and Commercialized Ca(OH)2 -- Microstructural Study of Hypereutectic Al-15%Si Containing Ce.

Microstructural Study of Sn-3.0Ag0.5Cu Alloy on Cu/NiP-Coated Substrate by Addition of Fe, Sb and Ce -- Organic and Inorganic Acid Activation of Activated Carbon Fiber from Palm Oil Empty Fruit Bunch -- Porous Ceramic Bodies Using Banana Stem Waste as a Pore-Forming Agent -- Porous Cordierite Synthesized Using Corn Starch -- Properties of Lanthanum-Doped Bismuth Sodium Titanate (Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3) Prepared by Soft Combustion Technique -- Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Response of Metal Nanostructures -- Structural and Optical Properties of Fe-Doped ZnO Nanorods -- Synthesis In Situ Composite TiAl-Based with Particulate Al2O3 Reinforcement by Powder Metallurgy Route -- Synthesis of Porous Silica via Styrene Natural Rubber Template: The Effect of Calcination -- Temperature Dependent Current-Voltage Characteristics of n-Type Nanocrystalline-FeSi2/p-Type Si Heterojunctions Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition -- The Effect of FeSO4 Containing Solution on Microbiological Influenced Corrosion by Desulfovibrio Baculatus Bacteria on API 5L X65 Steel -- The Effect of Pre-Vulcanization Temperature on Mechanical and Rheological Properties of Starch Filled Natural Rubber Latex Compounds -- The Effect of Surfactant Extraction Method on Pore Characteristics of Mesoporous Carbonated Hydroxyapatite -- The Effect of Wollastonite on Curing Characteristics, Tensile and Morphology of Natural Rubber Compounds -- Use of Rice Straw Ash in Enhancing the Properties of Soda-Lime-Silica Glass-Ceramics -- Viscosity Effect on the Reinforcement Properties of Silica Filled ENR Rubber Compound -- Chapter 2: Mineral Resources Engineering -- An Assessment of the Carbothermal Reduction of Malaysian Ilmenite by Statistical Design -- Assessment of EAF Steel Slag Solubility by Statistical Design -- Case Study of Alluvial Gold Mining at Pulai Mining in Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia.

Characterization and Gold Assaying Methods in the Assessment of Low Grade Gold Ore from Malaysia -- Comparison of Silica Sand Properties from Kandal Province, Cambodia and Tapah, Perak, Malaysia and Characterization of Soda Lime Silicate Glass Produced From Cambodian Silica Sand -- Glass Sand Processing Techniques in the Rayong Area, Thailand -- Microstructural Study of Reduced Malaysian Ilmenite by Carbothermal Reduction and Nitridation in Nitrogen Atmosphere -- Modelling and Simulation of Air Classification in Cement Manufacturing -- The Mineralogy of the Copper - Gold Ore Deposits at the Phu Kham, Mine, Laos -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.