12th INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS CONGRESS PART A -- Preface and Committees -- Table of Contents -- SECTION I - POWDER SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION -- Boron Nitride Nanoparticles: One-Step Synthesis from Single-Source Preceramic Precursors -- Flame Synthesis of Ceramic Particles -- Synthesis of Ceramic Materials from Waste Residues -- Production of Nanopowders with the Help of Fiber Laser -- A New Powder Filler, Obtained by Applying a New Technology for Fly Ash Inertisation Procedure -- Microstructural Tailoring of YAG and YAG-Containing Nanoceramics through Advanced Synthesis Routes -- Ceramic Matrix Composites in the Alumina/YAG System -- Solvothermal Synthesis of ITO Nanoparticles Precisely Controlled in Size and Shape -- La1.97Sr0.03Zr2O7 Pyrochlore Powder for Advanced Energy Application -- Microemulsion Synthesis Strategies for ZrW2O8 Precursors -- Synthesis of Scandium Oxide Nanoparticles from Solution -- Elaboration and Mechanical Characterization of Al2O3-ZrO2-YAG Ultrafine Composites -- Effects of Firing Temperature and Time on the Luminescency of Phosphors in Strontium Aluminate System Co-Doped by Eu2O3 and Dy2O3 and Prepared by Solid State Reaction Processing -- Influences of Eu2+ and Dy3+ Contents on the Properties of Long Afterglow Strontium Aluminate Phosphors -- Synthesis and Luminescence Properties of Rare-Earth Doped Gadolinium Silicon Oxynitride with Cuspidine Structure -- Preparation and Characterization of New Oxyfluoride Phases (Ba,Na)(Ti,Mg)(O,F) -- The Isothermal and Non-Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics La2O3 Doped, Sol-Gel Derived Mullite -- Sol-Gel Synthesis Assisted by Supercritical CO2 - A Flexible Process for Ceramic Powder and Membrane Preparation -- Production of Foundry Filters Using Al2O3 from the Al-Anodizing Process.

Synthesis and Characterization of Al2O3(Matrix)-30%ZrO2 and Al2O3(Matrix)- 30%Y0.1Zr0.9O2 Nanocomposites -- SECTION II - SHAPE FORMING AND COMPACTION MECHANISMS -- Theoretical and Experimental Analyses of Colloidal Processing of Nanoparticles -- Influence of Energy Input on Suspension Properties -- Improving the Porosity Features Control of Ceramic Cellular Components through a Modified Gelcasting Process -- Influence of Different Suspension Properties on Internal Structure and Deformation Behavior of Spray Dried Ceramic Granules -- New Low Toxic Water-Soluble Monomers for Gelcasting of Ceramic Powders -- Saccharides Derivatives in Shaping of Ceramic Powders - New Monomers and Dispersants -- SECTION III - SINTERING AND RELATED PHENOMENA -- Pulsed Electric Current Sintering of Electrical Discharge Machinable Ceramics -- Reactive Spark Plasma Sintering of Si3N4 Based Composites -- Modelling Multi-Cracking in Thin Films during Constrained Sintering Using Anisotropic Constitutive Law and Material Point Method -- Simultaneous Synthesis and Sintering of Al2O3/Mo2N Composites Using Capsule-Free Nitrogen Hot Isostatic Pressing and their Characterization -- Numerical Modeling and Experimental Characterization of the Pyroplasticity in Ceramic Materials during Sintering -- Description of Carbides Sintering Process Using Kuczynski and Frenkel Sintering Models -- The Rapid Automated Materials Synthesis Instrument (RAMSI): A High Throughput Combinatorial Robot for Nanoceramics Discovery -- Effect of the Two-Step Sintering in the Microstructure of Ultrafine Alumina -- Enhanced Densification and Grain-Size Refinement in Cation-Doped Tetragonal Zirconia -- Synthesis and Sintering of Mullite Ceramics Using Microwave Heating -- Low-Temperature Sintering of Apatite-Type Lanthanum Silicate with Fluoride Additives -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.