Synopsis
Keynote Address.- Some Considerations in the State of the Art in Processing Crystalline Ceramics.- I: Fine Particle Science, Technology and Characterization.- Physical and Chemical Parameters Controlling the Homogeneity of Fine Grained Powders and Sintering Materials.- Ultrafine Powders of Oxide and Non-Oxide Ceramic Materials and Their Sinterability.- Handling and Green Forming of Fine Powders.- The Potential of Fine Particle Technology Applied to Ceramic Raw Materials.- Particle Size and Permeability in Slip Casting.- Chemical Processing for Ceramics (and Polymers).- Ceramics Sintered Directly from Sol-Gels.- Characterization of Ceramic Microprocessing.- Packing and Sintering Relations for Binary Powders.- Stress and Density Distributions in the Compaction of Powders.- Pore Morphography in Ceramic Processing.- II: Solid State Sintering and Grain Growth.- Fundamentals of the Sintering of Ceramics.- Current Paradigms in Powder Processing.- Some Effects of Aggregates and Agglomerates in the Fabrication of Fine Grained Ceramics.- The Sintering of Conductive Rutile: A Model System for Sintering Electronic Ceramics.- Sintering of Mullite.- Rate Controlled Sintering as a Processing Method.- A Multiple-Lognormal Model of a Normal Grain Growth.- III: Liquid Phase Sintering And Post-Firing Technology.- Rearrangement During Liquid Phase Sintering of Ceramics.- Reactivity of Alumina Substrates with High Lead Glasses.- Influence of the Processing Parameters on the Properties of Rapid Fired Porcelain.- Strengthening of Lime-Stabilized Zirconia by Post Sintering Heat Treatments.- Strain and Surface Energy Effects in Ceramic Processes.- Dynamic and Material Parameters in Brittle Fracture in Ceramics.- Processing Induced Sources of Mechanical Failure in Ceramics.- IV: Dielectric and Magnetic Ceramics.- Processing of High Density Piezoelectric Ceramic Compositions.- The Role of ZrO2 Powders in Microstructural Development of PZT Ceramics.- Novel Uses of Gravimetry in the Processing of Crystalline Ceramics.- Deformation Processing of Magnetic Hexaferrites for Hc Maximization Through Grain Growth Control.- Processing and Magnetic Properties of Low-Loss and High-Stability Mn-Zn Ferrites.- Relationship Between Processing Conditions, Oxygen Stoichiometry and Strength of MnZn Ferrites.- Sintering of High Density Ferrites.- V: Energy Related Ceramics I: Fast Ion Conductors; MHD, Nuclear and Refractory Ceramics.- Processing and Characterization of Polycrystalline ?"-Alumina Ceramic Electrolytes.- Microstructural Control During Sintering of ?"-Alumina Compositions Through Ceramic Processing Modification.- Transient Eutectics in Sintering of Sodium Beta Alumina.- Microstructural Evolution During the Processing of Sodium ?-Alumina.- Fabrication and Performance of MHD Electrodes.- Fabrication and Property Control of LaCrO3 Based Oxides.- Strontium Containing Perovskites and Related Conductive Electronic Ceramics.- Hot Pressed Composite Ceramic MHD Electrode Development.- Processing Variables Affecting the Thermomechanical Degradation of Monolithic Refractory Concretes.- UO2-Gd2O3 Sintering Behavior.- Processing Requirements for Property Optimization of EU2O3-W Cermets for Fast Reactor Neutron Absorber Applications.- Ceramic Processing of Boron Nitride Insulators.- VI: Energy Related Ceramics II: Non-Oxide Ceramics.- Grain Boundary Engineering in Non-Oxide Ceramics.- The Fabrication of Dense Nitrogen Ceramics.- Ceramics in the Si-Al-O-N System Fabricated by Conventional Powder Processing and Sintering Techniques.- Polytypism in Magnesium Sialons.- Dense Silicon Nitride Ceramics: Fabrication and Interrelations with Properties.- High-Pressure Hot-Pressing of Silicon Nitride Powders.- The Structure of Grain Boundaries in Silicon Nitride Based Alloys.- Evolution of Microstructure in Polycrystalline Silicon Carbide.- Thermal Gradient Deposition of SiC Diffusion Tracers.- Contributors.
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