Preface vii Introduction ix TNO's Research on Ceramic Based Armor 1 Erik Carton, Geert Roebroeks, Jaap Weerheijm, André Diederen, and Manfred Kwint Investigation of the Kinetic Energy Characterization of Advanced Ceramics 19 Tyrone L. Jones Predicting the Light Transmittance of Multilayer Transparent Armor 29 Brandon S. Aldinger Operator Training and Performance Measurement for Nondestructive Testing of Ceramic Armor 41 K. F. Schmidt, J. R. Little, W. H.
Green, L. P. Franks, and W. A. Ellingson From Micron-Sized Particles to Nanoparticles and Nanobelts: Structural Non-Uniformity in the Synthesis of Boron Carbide by Carbothermal Reduction Reaction 51 Paniz Foroughi and Zhe Cheng Nanocrystalline Boron Carbide Powder Synthesized Via Carbothermal Reduction Reaction 63 Said M. El-Sheikh, Yasser M. Z. Ahmed, Emad M.
M. Ewais, Asmaa Abd-El-Baset Abd Allah, and Said Anwar Synthesis and Crystallization Behavior of Amorphous Boron Nitride 75 Metin Örnek, Chawon Hwang, Vladislav Domnich, Steven L. Miller, Willam E. Mayo, and Richard A. Haber c-BN Seeding Effect on the Phase Transition of a-BN(OC) Compound 83 Chawon Hwang, Metin rnek, Vladislav Domnich, William E. Mayo, Steve L. Miller, and Richard A. Haber Screening of Silicon Precursors for Incorporation into Boron Carbide 93 Anthony Etzold, Richard Haber, and William Rafaniello Processing of Boron Rich Boron Carbide 99 Tyler Munhollon, Rich Haber, and William Rafaniello Reaction Bonded SiC/Diamond Composites: Properties and Impact Behavior in High Strain Rate Applications 111 S.
Salamone, M. Aghajanian, S.E Horner, and J.Q. Zheng Influence of Powder Oxygen Content on Silicon Carbide Microstructure and Properties 119 V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber Preparation, Characterization and Development of TiB2 Hard Ceramic Materials 131 Azmi Mert Celik, Richard A.
Haber, Kanak Kuwelkar, and William Rafaniello Improving Fracture Toughness of Alumina with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube and Alumina Fiber Reinforcements 137 J. Lo, R. Zhang, B. Shalchi-Amirkhiz, D.Walsh, M. Bolduc, S. Lin, B. Simard, K.
Bosnick, M. O'Toole, A. Merati, and M. Bielawski Author Index 147.