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Narottam P. Bansal, PhD, is Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Glenn Research Center, where he has conducted research on glasses, ceramics, and composites since 1985. In addition to publishing more than 230 papers, Dr. Bansal holds seven patents and is the author or editor of five books and 32 conference proceedings.

J. P. Singh is the editor of Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites IX, published by Wiley.

Waltraud M. Kriven is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Kriven received her Ph.D. in 1976 in Solid State Chemistry from the University of Adelaide in South Australia and her B.Sc. (Honors) and Baccalaureate degrees in Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biochemistry from the same institute. She is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of phase transformations in inorganic compounds and their applications in structural ceramic composites. She has authored or co-authored over 240 research publications, and fourteen books to date.

Hartmut Schneider is the head of the "Structural and Functional Ceramics" group at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Materials Research, Köln (Germany) and is a Professor of Applied Mineralogy at the University of Hannover (Germany). He has been working on different topics of high pressure mineralogy and on refractory and ceramic materials. He is renowned for his research work in crystal chemistry, ceramics and composites of mullite, an alumino silicate of the stoichiometric composition 3Al2O3·2SiO2. Professor Schneider has published over 200 scientific and technical papers. His list of awards includes the Japanese Government Research Award, the Lilienthal Award, and the Fellowship of the American Ceramic Society.

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Ceramic Fibers

Fine Ceramic Fibers: From Microstructure to High Temperature Mechanical Behavior 3
M.-H. Berger

Fabrication and Grain Growth In YAG and Mullite Fibers 27
W.M. Kriven, K. Jurkschat, B.R. Johnson, WYoon, and C. Chiritescu

Raman and Rayleigh Imaging of the Corrosion Process of SiC Fibers 47
M. Havel and Ph. Colomban

Processing and Design

The Use of Electrophoretic Deposition for the Fabrication of Ceramic and Glass Matrix Composites 57
A.R. Boccaccini and C. Kaya

Fabrication of Reaction Sintered SiC Based Materials with Nanosize Particle Infiltration 67
S.R Lee, J.O. Jin, and A. Kohyama

Production of AI203-Ti3AI Cermets by the Pressureless Reaction Sintering Process 81
E. Rocha-Rangel, C.L Echeverria, R.L. Hernandez,VS. Cortes, and G.M. Gonzalez

Production of Multilayer Ceramic Laminates with Improved Mechanical Properties 89
M. Bertoldi, M. Paternoster; and V.M. Sglavo

Designing with C/C-SiC Composites 103
W. Krenkel

Preparation and Characterization of La-ln-Mg-O and La-ln-Ca-O Ceramic Matrix Composites 125
C-F.KaoandC.-TWu

Oxide Matrix Composites

Development of Si3N4/BAS Ceramic Matrix Composite for Engineering Applications 141
F.YU.Y. Fang, and K.W.White

Interfacial Behavior of Two Oxide/Oxide Composites 163
N. Du Souich.Y Fang, U. Wilkund, and K.W White

Geopolymers and Geopolymer Matrix Composites

What are These Things Called Geopolymers? A Physicochemical Perspective 175
K.J.D. MacKenzie

Effect of Blast Furnace Slag Addition on Microstructure and Properties of Metakaolinite Geopolymeric Materials 187
C.K.Yip, G.C. Lukey, and J.S.J. van Deventer

Composite Cold Ceramic Geopolymer in a Refractory Application 211
D.C. Comrie and W.M. Kriven

Microstructure and Michrochemistry of Fully-Reacted Geopolymers and Geopolymer Matrix Composites 227
W.M. Kriven, J.L Bell, and M. Gordon

Mechanical Properties

Mechanical Behavior of Carbon-Carbon Composites at Room and Elevated Temperatures 253
N. Sundaram, R.WTrice, and TJ. Bowman

Effect of Thermal Exposure on Microstructural and Mechanical Characteristics of Reaction Sintered SiC Based Materials 267
S.R Lee.J.O. LinJ.K. Lee, B.H. Min, H.KYoon, J.S. Park,Y Katoh, and A. Kohyama

Fatigue Life and Crack Growth Behavior of AI|8B4033 Whisker Reinforced Composite 277
WJ. ParkYB. Choi, S.C. Huh, and H.K.Yoon

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Alumina-Copper Composites 285
S. Menon and WG. Fahrenholtz

Characterization

Characterization of Zirconium Diboride-Molybdenum Disilicide Ceramics 299
A.L Chamberlain, W.G. Fahrenhottz, G.E. Hilmas, and D.T Ellerby

Sliding Wear Characteristics and Processing of MoSi2 Composites 309
Y.H. Park, H.K.Yoon, S.R Lee, WJ. ParkY.B. Choi and S.C. Huh

Enhanced Wetting of Carbon-Coated Alumina Substrates by Aluminum Alloys 317
E. Rocha-Rangel, RF. Becher and E. Lara-Curzio

Thermal/Environmental Barrier Coatings

Thermal Conductivity and Stability of Hf02-Y203 and LajZr207 Evaluated for 1650°C Thermal/Environmental Barrier Coating Applications 331
D. Zhu, N.R Bansal, and R.A. Miller

Index 345