Table of Contents

Preface ix

NOVEL, GREEN, AND STRATEGIC PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES

Optimized Shaping Process for Transparent Spinel Ceramic 3
Alfred Kaiser, Thomas Hutzler, Andreas Krell, and Robert Kremer

Thermal Diffusion Coatings for Wear-Resistant Components for Oil and Gas Industry 13
E. Medvedovski, F.A. Chinski, and J. Stewart

POLYMER DERIVED CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES

Polymer-Derived Ceramics for Development of Ultra-High Temperature Composites 33
C. J. Leslie, H. J. Kim, H. Chen, K. M. Walker, E. E. Boakye, C. Chen, C. M. Carney, M. K. Cinibulk, and M.-Y. Chen

Siliconboronoxycarbide (SIBOC) Foam from Methyl Borosiloxane 47
Sreejith Krishnan, Tobias Fey, and Peter Greil

Synthesis of a Porous SiC Material from Poiycarbosilane by Direct Foaming and Radiation Curing 61
Akira Idesaki, Masaki Sugimoto, and Masahito Yoshikawa

Fabrication of SiOC/C Coatings on Stainless Steel using Poly(Phenyl Carbosilane) and their Anti-Corrosion Properties 71
Yoon Joo Lee, Jong II Kim, Soo Ryong Kim, Woo Teck Kwon, Dong-Geun Shin, and Yonghee Kim

Photo Luminescent Properties of Polymer Derived Ceramics at Near Stoichiometric Si02-xSiC-y(H) Compositions 79
Masaki Narisawa and Akihiro Iwase, Seiji Watase and Kimihiro Matsukawa, and Taketoshi Kawai

Synthesis of Hierarchical Porous SiCO Monoliths from Preceramic Polymer Impregnated with Porous Templates 85
Xuehua Yan, Jianmei Pan, Xiaonong Cheng, Chenghua Zhang, and Guifang Xu

ADVANCED POWDER PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES

Solid Reaction Mechanism of Li2C03 and FePOyC Powder 95
Takashi Hashizume, Atsushi Saiki, and Kiyoshi Terayama

Development of New Synthesis Route of Lanthanum Germanate Oxyapatite from Homogeneous Aqueous Solution 103
Shouta Kitajima, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Toru Higuchi, and Yoshio Sakka

Magnetic Orientation of Bismuth Nano-Particles in a Transparent Medium 109
Naoyuki Kitamura, Kohki Takahashi, Iwao Mogi, Satoshi Awaji, and Kazuo Watanabe

Control of Dispersion and Agglomeration of CNTS for their Networking—Mechanical and Electrical Properties of CNT/Alumina Composites 117
Mitsuaki Matsuoka, Junichi Tatami, and Toru Wakihara

Synthesis and Microstructure Development in Yttria-Magnesia Ceramics for Infrared Transparency 121
J. A. Miller and I. E. Reimanis

Fabrication of Flake-Like Boehmite/Ceria or Zinc Oxide Composites for UV Shield Coating 131
Seizo Obata, Susumu Kawai, Michiyuki Yoshida, Osamu Sakurada, and Kenji Kido

Thermal Degradation Control Study of Carbon Fiber/Polyamide 6 Composite using Hexagonal Boron Nitride Powder 141
Daisuke Shimamoto, Yusuke Imai, and Yuji Hotta

Sol-Gel Auto-Combustion Synthesis of Co-Doped ZnO Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Nanopowders 149
Chuanbin Wang, Xuan Zhou, Fei Chen, Qiang Shen, and Lianmeng Zhang

SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING OF MATERIALS USING ELECTRIC FIELDS/CURRENTS

Advanced Usage of SPS Technology for Producing Innovative Materials 159
Foad Naimi, Ludivine Minier, Cedric Morin, Sophie Le Gallet, and Frederic Bernard

Fabrication of Transparent MgAI204 Spinel by Optimizing Loading Schedule during Spark-Plasma-Sintering 173
Koji Morita, Byung-Nam Kim, Hidehiro Yoshida, Yoshio Sakka, and Keijiro Hiraga

Properties of WCCo/Diamond Composites Produced by PPS Method Intended for Drill Bits for Machining of Building Stones 181
Marcin Rosinski, Joanna Wachowicz, Tomasz Plocinski, Tomasz Truszkowski, and Andrzej Michalski

Surface Morphology of YSZ Thin Films Deposited from a Precursor Solution under the Electrical Fields 193
Atsushi Saiki, Kento Hamada, and Takashi Hashizume

Author Index 201