Preface ix Introduction xi SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING BY THE SPARK PLASMA METHOD Simulation of Contact Resistances Influence on Temperature Distribution during SPS Experiments 3 A. Cincotti, A. M. Locci, R. Orrù, and G. Cao Spark-Plasma-Sintering (SPS) Processsing of High Strength Transparent MgAI204 Spinel Polycrystals 19 Koji Morita, Byung-Nam Kim, Hidehiro Yoshida, and Keijiro Hiraga Consolidation of Carbon with Amorphous-Graphite Transformation by SPS 31 Naoki Toyofuku, Megumi Nishimoto, Kazuki Arayama, Yasuhiro Kodera, Manshi Ohyanagi, and Zuhair A. Munir Spark Plasma Sintering of Nanostructured Ceramic Materials with Potential Magnetoelectricity 41 C. Correas, R.
Jiménez, T. Hungría, H. Amorin, J. Ricote, E. Vila, M. Algueró, A. Castro, and J. Galy Sintering and Properties of Nanometric Functional Oxides 55 Dat V.
Quach, Sangtae Kim, Manfred Martin, and Zuhair A. Munir Spark Plasma Sintering Mechanisms in Si3N4-Based Materials 63 M. Belmonte, J. Gonzalez-Julian, P. Miranzo, and M.I. Osendi Consolidation of SiC with BN through MA-SPS Method 71 Yasuhiro Kodera, Naoki Toyofuku, Ryousuke Shirai, Manshi Ohyanagi, and Zuhair A. Munir Fabrication of Dense Zr-, Hf- and Ta-Based Ultra High Temperature Ceramics by Combining Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis and Spark Plasma Sintering 81 Roberta Licheri, Roberto Orrù, Clara Musa, Antonio Mario Locci, and Giacomo Cao NOVEL, GREEN, AND STRATEGIC PROCESSING Microwave Sintering of Mullite and Mullite-Zirconia Composites 95 Subhadip Bodhak, Susmita Bose, and Amit Bandyopadhyay Idle Time and Gelation Behavior in Gelcasting Process of PSZ in Acrylamide System 105 Nasim Sahraei Khanghah and Mohammad-Ali Faghihi-Sani Characterization of the Mesoporous Amorphous Silica in the Fresh Water Sponge Cauxi 115 Ralf Keding, Martin Jensen, and Yuanzheng Yue Novel Chemistry-Modification Approach for Synthesis of SiAION from Fly Ash 131 J.
P. Kelly, J. R. Varner, W. M. Carty, and V. R. Amarakoon Patterning of Closed Pores Utilizing the Superplastically Foaming Method 143 A.
Kishimoto, Y. Nishino, and H. Hayashi The Research of Materials Life Cycle Assessment 153 ZuoRen Nie, Feng Gao, XianZheng Gong, ZhiHong Wang, and TieYong Zuo Modeling Dual and MgO Saturated EAF Slag Chemistry 167 Kyei-Sing Kwong, James Bennett, Rick Krabbe, Art Petty, and Hugh Thomas ADVANCED POWDER PROCESSING Aqueous Processing of TiC Preforms for Advanced Cermet Preparation 181 R. Bradley Collier and Kevin P. Plucknet The Effect of Precipitator Types on the Synthesis of La2Zr207 Powders by Chemical Coprecipitation Method 189 Jing Wang, Shuxin Bai, Hong Zhang, and Changrui Zhang The Study of Prepration of Blue V-Zircon Pigment by Using Zircon and Sulphuric Acid 197 M. Riahi and M.A. Faghihi Sani Preparation of Blue-Ceramic Pigments by Reaction Bonding 207 Enrique Rocha-Rangel, Imelda Villanueva-Baltazar, Lucia Téllez-Jurado, and Elizabeth Refugio-García Colloidal Characterization and Aqueous Gel Casting of Barium Titanate Ceramics 215 Cameron D.
Munro and Kevin P. Plucknett Dispersion and Fluidity of Aqueous Aluminium Titanate Slurry by Addition of Titanate Aqueous Solution 227 Seizo Obata, Yoshiyuki Iwata, Hisanori Yokoyama, Osamu Sakurada, Minoru Hashiba, and Yasutaka Takahashi Author Index 235.