THIRDEURO-CERAMICS

Volume 1Processing of Ceramics

Edited by

P. DURAN

and

J. F. FERNANDEZ

Instituto de Cerdmica y Vidrio, C.S.I.C, Arganda del Rey, SPAIN.

FAENZA EDITRICE IBERICA

CONTENTS

Volume I: PROCESSING OF CERAMIC

Foreword vHonorary Committee viiInternational Advisory Committee viiLocal Advisory Committee viiiCouncil of the ECerS viiiScientific Programme Organizing Committe viiiSponsors of ECerS ix

1.1 SYNTHESIS

SOL BASED PROCESSING OF HIGH PERFOMANCE CERAMICSP.M. Marquis 1

A CONTINUOUS PROCESS TO PRODUCE NANOPHASED CERAMIC POWDERSD. Vollath, K.E. Sickafus 9

SYNTHESIS OF NANOMETER SIZE CERAMIC POWDERS IN A D.C. TRANSFERRED ARCPLASMA FURNACE

K. Chang, F. Qafssaoui, S. Hiboux, H. Ageorges, J.M. Baronnet, J.K. Williams, D.M.Iddles 15

EVOLUTION OF THE STRUCTURE OF NANOMETRIC SiC LASER FORMED POWDERSL. Boulanger, N. Herlin, M. Luce, M. Cauchetier, P. Tougne, H. Hommel, A.P. Legrand 21

PROCESSING OF LASER-FORMED, NANOSIZED SiC POWDERSJ.-M. Lihrmann 27

PRODUCTION OF NANOCOMPOSITE Si/C/N PRE-CERAMIC POWDERS BY LASERPYROLYSIS OF HEXAMETHYLDISILAZANE

N. Herlin, M. Luce, E. Musset, M. Cauchetier 33

CHEMICALLY ACTIVE POWDERS FOR THE FABRICATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCECERAMICS

R.J. Brook 39

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SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING BY SLIP CASTING OF CARBOTHERMAL /J-SIALON ONA SEMI-INDUSTRIAL SCALE

R.A. Terpstra, J.C.T. van der Heijde, J.W.T. van Rutten, R. Metselaar 45

PROCESSING OF Si02-Zr02 COMPOSITES AS PRECURSORS OF NITRIDES BY CARBO-THERMAL REDUCTION

P.J. Sanchez Soto, M.A. Aviles, M. Macfas, G. Col6n, J.A. Navfo 53

COMPARISON OF THE CARBOTHERMIC REDUCTION AND NITRIDATION OF VARIOUSFORMS OF SILICA TO PRODUCE Si3N4 POWDERS

S. Garelik, A. Figueras, R. Rodrfguez-Clemente, S. Veintemillas, J. Llibre, J. Casado 59

PRODUCTION OF BORON NITRIDE AND CARBIDE BY CARBOTHERMIC REDUCTION OFBORIC OXIDE

S.J. Yoon, A. Jha 67

CARBOTHERMAL PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERISATION OF c'-SIALONSJ.W.T. van Rutten, R.A. Terpstra, R. Metselaar,J.C.T. van der Heijde. 73

BETA SILICON CARBIDE POWDERS SYNTHESIS BY MOLTEN SALTS CHEMISTRYG. Bienvenu, V. Bouclier, C. Polak 79

NANOCRYSTALLINE AI2O3 POWDERS PRODUCED BY LASER INDUCED GAS-PHASEREACTIONS

E. Borsella, S. Botti, R. Giorgi, S. Martelli.S. Turtii, G. Zappa 85

SINTERABLE POWDERS OF COVALENT COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY DOPING IN-SITUUSING SHS

J. Lis, R. Pampuch, L. Stobierski, E. Ermer 91

SYNTHESIS OF Fe-TiC CEMENTED CARBIDE COMPOSITES USING SELF-PROPAGATEDHIGH TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS ISHS)

A. Saidi, A. Chrysanthou, J.V. Wood 97

SHS-DERIVED COMPOSITE POWDERS FOR MAKING PARTICULATE COMPOSITES INTHE SYSTEM OF Si-C-B

L. Stobierski, R. Pampuch, E. Ermer, J. Lis 103

TiC/AI2O3 POWDERS OBTAINED BY COMBUSTION SYNTHESISJ. Requena, J.S. Moya, P. Pena 109

PROCESSING OF NITROGEN CERAMICS BY CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION ANDNITRIDATION OF VERMICULITE-POLYMER INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS

M.A. Aviles, A. Justo, P.J. Sanchez-Soto, J.L. Perez-Rodrfguez 113

TURBOSTATIC-HEXAGONAL STRUCTURE TRANSITION IN HEXAGONAL BN SYNTHESISS. Alkoy, C. Toy, S. Pekin, A. Tekin 119

Si3N4 AND SiC FORMATION FROM RICE HUSKN. Kuskonmaz, C. Toy, 0 . Addemir, A. Tekin 125

FABRICATION OF SILICON CARBIDE-BORON CARBIDE COMPOSITE BY CHEMICALVAPOUR DEPOSITION

M. Sasaki, T. Hirai, M. Kishi 131

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ANALYSIS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF SILICON NITRIDE POWDERSH. Schmidt, G. Ziegler 137

XPS ANALYSIS OF SURFACE STATE OF VARIOUS SILICON NITRIDE POWDERSK. Fukuyama, K. Okada 143

FORMATION OF NON-OXIDE-BASED COMPOSITES FROM LIQUID PRECURSORSJ. Hapke, P. Gerstel, M. Keuthen, G. Ziegler 149

THE GROWTH OF SINGLE CRYSTAL MULLITE FIBRES BY THE LASER HEATED FLOATZONE PROCESS

C.G. Neeson, C.B. Ponton, E.G. Butler, P.M. Marquis 155

CRYSTALLITE SIZE OF MULLITE IN THE RANGE 975-1150°CJ. Serrano, J. Bastida, J.M. Amigd, A. Sanz, A. Caballero 161

SYNTHESIS OF MULLITE MATERIALS BY OXIDATION OF METAL ALLOY POWDERCOMPACTS

J. Brandt, R. Lundberg 169

A NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF MULLITE POWDERI. Jaymes, A. Douy 177

A NOVEL SYNTHESIS METHOD OF AIN: COMPARISON WITH CLASSICAL PRE-PARATION PROCEDURES

E. Ponthieu, L. Lonnoy, J. Grimblot, L. Leclercq 183

AN OVERVIEW OF HYDROTHERMAL AND EMULSION PROCESSING OF MULTIPHASECERAMIC PRECURSOR SOLS

C.B. Ponton 189

EVOLUTION OF MULLITE FROM HYDROTHERMALLY-PROCESSED MULLITE PRECURSORSOLS

F.J. Berry, M.W. Booth, M. Mortimer, M.R. Piramoon, C.B. Ponton 195

ADVANCED METHOD FOR tf-HEMIHYDRATE PRODUCTIONS. Marinkovic, A. Kostic-Pulek, R. Tomanec, S. Djuric 201

HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSING OF MgAI2O« SPINEL BASED CERAMICSL.M. Healey, C.B. Ponton, P.M. Marquis 207

NEW METHODS OF ZrO2 POWDERS PROCESSINGD. Bucalo 213

ZIRCONIA POWDERS PRODUCED BY EMULSION TECHNIQUESS. Pickering, D. McGarry, B. Djuricic 219

PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERISATION OF NOVEL CERIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIACERAMICS

P. McColgan, G.P. Dransfield, D.J. King 225

ZIRCONIA COATED ALUMINA FIBRES AS A REINFORCEMENT FOR ALUMINAD.H. Pearce, A.J. Jickells, C.B. Ponton 231

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COATING OF ULTRAFINE CERIA-STABILIZED ZIRCONIAB. Djuricic, D. McGarry, S. Pickering 237

THERMAL MODIFICATION OF CERAMIC POWDERSM.S.J. Gani, L.H. Chen.G. Pravdic 243

EFFECT OF AGING GELS OBTAINED FROM ALKOXIDES ON THE STABILITY OFNANOCOMPOSITE OF TETRAGONAL ZIRCONIA IN SILICA MATRIX

M.C. Martf, V. Cantavella, G. Monr6s, M.A. Tena, J. Carda, P. Escribano, J. Alarcbn 249

NANOCRYSTALLINE OXIDE POWDERS PREPARED BY BALL-MILLINGD. Michel, L. Mazerolles, E. Gaffet . 255

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACID-BASIC PURIFICATION PROCESSES FOR ZIRCONPOWDERS DISGREGATED WITH SODA ASH

J.M. Ayala, M.P. Garcfa, L.F. Verdeja 261

EFFECTS OF OXIDE ADDITIVES ON THE THERMAL STABILITY OF ALUMINA GELSV. Gunay, S. Sevinctav, E. Gunay, T. Baykara 267

SOL-GEL METHOD IN THE SYNTHESIS OF CORDIERITER. Cirjakovic, S. Milonjic, Lj. Kostic-Gvozdenovic 273

THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF PRASEODYMIUM-DOPED ZIRCON: ANALYSIS OFTHE IMPURITY CENTERS Pr3 + : ZrSiO.

J. Andres, J. Badenes, A. Beltran, J. Carda, R. Llusar, G. Monr6s, M.A. Tena 279

SYNTHESIS OF Co2SiO4 BY SOL GELL. Ferrer, M. Sales, J. Alarc6n 285

PIGMENT PROPERTIES OF SOLID SOLUTIONS IN TiO2-CrNBO4 SYSTEMM.A. Tena, G. Monr6s, J. Carda, E. Cordoncillo, P. Escribano 291

PYROLYTIC POWDER PROCESSING FOR VARISTOR MATERIALSV. Hilarius, J. Butzke, G. Kilgus 297

POLYMERIC ROUTE PROCESSING OF ZnO BASED VARISTORJ.A. Cerri, M.A.L. Nobre, E. Longo, E.R. Leite, J.A. Varela 303

SYNTHESIS OF (Nb.Sr) DOPED PZT BY PARTIAL OXALATE METHODE.R. Leite, E. Longo, M.C.S. Cavaco, L.C. Carvalho, J. Avena, J.A. Varela 309

PZT POWDERS SYNTHESIS TROUGH COPRECIPITATION ROUTEL. Lemoine, A. Leriche, B. Thierry 317

NON-CRYSTALLINE CERAMIC PRECURSORS IN THE Ti02-Pb0 SYSTEM BY SOL-GELL. del Olmo, O. Garcia Martinez, M. Garcfa 323

STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF ALKOXIDE-DERIVED COMPOSITIONS WITHIN THEPb(Zr,Ti)O3 SOLID SOLUTION

B. Malic, M. Kosec 329

SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PbTiO3 FIBRESS. Chewasatn, S.J. Milne 335

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SYNTHESIS OF DOPED MnZn-FERRITES BY CHEMICAL METHODSM. Rozman, M. Drofenik, D. Kolar 341

CHARACTERIZATION OF MAGNETIC Fe2O3

H. Sesigur, E. Acma, C. Toy, 0. Addemir, A. Tekin 347

SYNTHESIS OF CaZrO3, PEROVSKITE-TYPE, BY SOL-GEL METHODSM.J. Saavedra, C. Parada 353

SOL-GEL PROCESSED CaO-AI2O3: PROPERTIES, CRYSTALLIZATION ANDSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION

A.A. Goktas, M.C. Weinberg 359

MODIFICATION OF ALUMINA CERAMICS BY SOL-GEL PROCESSINGV. Gunay, T. Baykara 365

INFLUENCE OF SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS ON STRUCTURE ANDMORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AI2O3-AEROGEL-BASED MATERIALS

U. Janosovits, P. Gerstel, M. Keuthen, G. Ziegler 371

UREA FORMALDEHYDE AS A PRECCURSOR FOR SOL-GEL PROCESSING OFCERAMIC POWDERS

D.M. Ibrahim, F. Fahim, S. Saad-Eldin 377

CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR OF TiO2 GEL PREPARED BY THE SOL-GEL METHODK. Nomura, Y. Takasuka, S. Hirano 381

CHARACTERISATION OF POLYMERIC STRUCTURE OF ALUMINOSILICATE COMPLEXIN SOL-GEL SOLUTION

Ch. Aoki, T. Ban, S. Hayashi, K. Okada 387

AN FT-IR AND DSC ANALYSIS OF THE CARBONATION OF ZIRCONIA GELSA. Fernandez, C. Bautista, J. Rubio, J.L. Oteo 393

DRYING EVOLUTION OF WET SILICA GELSJ. Limpo, C. Bautista, J. Rubio, J.L. Oteo 399

1.2 FORMING

BIOINSPIRED PROCESSING OF CERAMIC-MATRIX COMPOSITESI.A. Aksay, D.M. Dabbs, J.T. Staley, M. Sarikaya 405

THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FIBRE CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITESUSING ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION

T.J. Illston, C.B. Ponton, P.M. Marquis,E.G. Butler 419

ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION OF ALUMINIUM NITRIDEK. Moritz, T. Reetz 425

A NOVEL PROCESSING ROUTE FOR THE FABRICATION OF COMPLEX SHAPEDADVANCED CERAMIC COMPONENTS

J. Da vies, J . Binner, R. Sambrook * 431

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FEEDSTOCKS FOR CERAMICS INJECTION MOULDING USING THE CATALYTICDEBINDING PROCESS

J.H.H. Ter Maat, J. Ebenhoch 437

INJECTION MOLDING OF RBSN-BASED CERAMICST. Kosmac, S. Novak, R. Janssen 443

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EXTRUSION PROPERTIES AND THE SHAPING OFCERAMIC CATALYSTS

J. Graczyk, W. GleiySle 449

RADIAL FLOW OF CERAMIC INJECTION MOULDING MIXESA.J.D. Bates, J. Bridgwater 455

PREDICTION OF MULTICHANNEL PASTE FLOWD. Reddington, J. Bridgwater 461

EFFECTS OF BINDER COMPOSITION ON PASTE FLOW MECHANICS IN ALUMINAPASTE EXTRUSION

T.M. Shannon, S. Blackburn 467

INFLUENCE OF BINDER COMPOSITION ON THE GREEN STRENGTH OF POWDERCOMPACTS

H. Gorter, M. Hermsen, S. Ayar, J. Gerretsen 473

BINDER REMOVAL WITH SUPERCRITICAL CO2

M. Ferrato, T. Chartier, J.F. Baumard, F. Lagrange, G. Coudamy, P. Pourtalet , 479

IMPROVED CHARACTERIZATION OF STERIC STABILIZED AQUEOUS ALUMINASLURRIES

J. Lehmann, W. Rie/8, G. Ziegler 485

ELECTROSTATIC STABILIZATION OF AQUEOUS ALUMINA SUSPENSIONS BYSUBSTITUTED PHENOLS

T. Graule, L.J. Gauckler 491

DISPERSION OF FUSED SILICA IN AN AQUEOUS SOLVENTS. Novak, T. Kosmac 501

CHARACTERISATION OF DISPERSING BEHAVIOUR OF ANATASE (TiO2) AQUEOUSSUSPENSIONS

E. Roncari, C. Galassi, A. Piancastelli, P. Pinasco 507

RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF SILICON NITRIDE AQUEOUS CASTING SLIPSS.R.H.M. Castanho, R. Moreno 513

RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF SILICON CARBIDE HOT-MOULDING SLIPSR. Lenk 519

THE ELECTRON THEORY AS AN AID TO BINDER SELECTION FOR A TiC/TiB2

COMPOSITEA.A. Ogwu, T.J. Davies 525

PRESSURE SLIP CASTING OF SILICON NITRIDEO. Lyckfeldt, E. Lid6n, M. Persson, R. Carlsson 531

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HIGH QUALITY CERAMICS BY CENTRIFUGAL SLIP CASTINGW. Huisman, T. Graule, L.J. Gauckler 537

PRESSURE CASTING OF SILICON NITRIDEC. Capiani, A. Piancastelli, E. Rastelli, C. Galassi 543

SLIP CASTING OF TiCxN,.x-Mo2C-Ni CERMETSP. Bowen, R. Mulone, P. Streit, T.A. Ring 549

FABRICATION OF MICROSTRUCTURED CERAMIC LAYERS BY TAPE CASTING ANDSUBSEQUENT STAMPING

R. Knitter, E. Giinther, C. Odemer 555

DEVELOPMENT OF A SOFC-SINGLE CELL FABRICATED BY SLIP CASTINGR. Moreno, A. Carvajal, J. Jimenez, J.R. Jurado 561

RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND PRESSURE CASTING OF SLIPS CONTAININGSINGLE OR MIXED OXIDE POWDERS

A. Salomoni, R. Moreno, I. Stamenkovic 567

PROCESSING OF POROUS CERAMIC SUBSTRATESA.D.S. Costa, L.S.M. Traqueia, J.A. Labrincha, J.R. Frade.F.M.B. Marques 573

EFFECT OF THE GREEN BODY PROCESSING HISTORY ON THE PROPERTIES OF VERYPOROUS CERAMICS

R.A. Lopes, A.M. Segadaes 579

POROSIMETRIC STUDIES ON SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS OF SSN TYPE(SSN = SINTERED SILICON NITRIDE)

D. Linke, M. Buchholz, B. Rohl-Kuhn 585

SILICON NITRIDE POWDER MECHANICSJ.-P. Erauw, H. van Gerven, J. Sleurs 591

STUDY OF TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION OF SILICON NITRIDE ANDSIALON BY MEANS OF MASS SPECTROMETRY

M. Chen, J.W.T. van Rutten, R. Metselaar 597

EFFECT OF MEMORY IN CYCLICAL FREEZING PROCESSES OF HYDROALUMONISILI-CATE STRUCTURES

V. Shvinka, A. Tchonka 603

WATER BASED ALUMINA DISPERSIONS FOR TAPE CASTINGC. Galassi, L. Esposito, E. Rastelli, E. Roncari 609

COMPARISON OF THE REACTIVITY OF SOME SURFACE TREATED AIN POWDERSWITH WATER

H. Gorterl J. Gerretsen, R.A. Terpstra 615

SPRAY DRYING: UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF PROCESS PARAMETERSBETTER THROUGH COMPUTER MODELLING AND ADEQUATE INSTRUMENTATION

E. Brauns, J. Sleurs 621

FRICTION MEASUREMENTS DURING DRY PRESSING OF CERAMICSU. Klemm, D. Sobek 627

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GRANULATION BY SPRAY-FREEZE DRYINGT. Moritz, T. Reetz 633

GRANULAR BORAXHYDRATE PREPARATION BY COMPACTION OF POWDERSS. Kocakusak, T. Ayok, K. Akgay, J. Koroglu, M. Tasar, E. Ekinci, R. Tolun 639

PREPARATION AND SOME PROPERTIES OF HOLLOW FIBRE CERAMIC MEMBRANESR.A. Terpstra, J.P.G.M. van Eijk, F.K. Feenstra, J.C.T. van der Heijde 645

SOL-GEL PROCESSING OF CERAMIC MEMBRANE LAYERSV. Gunay, G.G. Avci, S. Sevingtav, T. Banykara 651

RBAO-USED AS PART OF A MEMBRANE CONFIGURATIONJ. Luyten, J. Cooymans, P. Diels, J. Sleurs 657

CERAMIC MEMBRANES FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONSR. de Jong, H.H. Visser 663

1.3 DENSIFICATION

TRANSFORMATION, MICROSTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SINTERING INNUCLEATED ALUMINA GELS

G.L. Messing, J.C. Huling 669

PROCESSING AND SUPERPLASTICITY OF ALUMINA-BASED CERAMICSZ.C. Wang, T.J. Davies, N. Ridley 681

MONOLITHIC or-ALUMINA THROUGH PRESSURE FILTRATION OF SEEDED BOEHMITEGELS

S. Senvingtav, T. Baykara, F. Dogan, I.A. Aksay 687

EFFECT OF YTTRIUM DOPING ON SINTERING OF FINE GRAINED ALUMINAE. Sato, C. Carry 691

SINTERING OF CORUNDUM CERAMIC IN METAL-OXIDE EUTECTIC PRESENCES. Serkowski.M. Woynarski 697

REACTION-SINTERING IN AI2O3-MgO-AIN SYSTEMA. Granon, P. Goeuriot, F. Thevenot 703

TRANSPARENT SPINEL CERAMICL.V. Udalova, M.V. Maltzev, V.I. Petrik 709

SINTERING OF AGGLOMERATED CERAMIC POWDER COMPACTSJ. Wang, M.G.S. Murray, C.B. Ponton, P.M. Marquis 715

PROCESSING, CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPACTION OF Y-DOPED ZIRCONIAPOWDERS

C. Barrera-Solano, C. Jimenez-SoUs, N. de la Rosa-Fox, L. Esquivias 721

CORRELATION BETWEEN THE POWDER STRUCTURE AND THE MICROSTRUCTUREOF TETRAGONAL ZrO2 CERAMICS

I. Haase, R. Muller 727

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LINE BROADENING AND RIETVELD ANALYSIS OF 5Y-PSZ NANOCRYSTALLINEPOWDER SAMPLES

F. Sanchez-Bajo, F.L. Cumbrera, A. Domfnguez-Rodrfguez 733

EFFECT OF FORMING ON DENSIFICATION OF ZIRCONIAT. Chartier, M. Ferrato, L. Chermant, J.L. Chermant, M. Coster 739

PROCESSING, SINTERING BEHAVIOUR, AND MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZA-TION OF SOME CERIA-GADOLINIA SOLID ELECTROLYTES

P. Duran, C. Moure, J.R. Jurado 745

SINTERING OF YTTRIUM ALUMINIUM GARNET CERAMICS USING A FAST FIRINGPROCESS

J.W.G.A. Vrolijk, H.T. Hintzen, G.J. Bezemer, R. Metselaar 751

EFFECT OF Fe2O3 ADDITIONS ON THE SINTERING BEHAVIOUR OF CORDIERITEPOWDERS

L.H.C. Ferreira, R.H.G.A. Kiminami 757

DOMAIN MICROSTRUCTURE IN HAUSMANNITE Mn304 AND IN NICKEL MANGANITEJ.J. Couderc, M. Brieu, S. Fritsch, A. Rousset 763

SYNTHESIS OF HIGHLY SINTERABLE DOPED LaCrO3 POWDERSE. Syskakis, S. Bilger, R. Forthmann, A. Naoumidis 769

GRAIN GROWTH AND SWELLING OF HOT PRESSED BaTiO3 DURING ANNEALINGTREATMENTS

M. Demartin, C. Herard, J. Lemaitre, C. Carry 775

GRAIN GROWTH, SEGREGATION AND DIFFUSION STUDIES IN PEROVSKITE-TYPECERAMIC SANDWICH STRUCTURES

H.T. Langhammer, M. Dabrunz, K.-H. Feigner, H.-P. Abicht 781

SINTERING, GRAIN GROWTH AND DE-SINTERING PROCESSES IN UN-DOPED BaTiO3

M. Demartin, G. Pethybridge, C. Carry 787

INFLUENCE OF ADDITIVES ON THE SINTERING OF BaTiO3 PREPARED FROMDIFFERENT ROUTES

G. Aliprandi, M. Alvazzi Delfrate, V. Buscaglia, M. Leoni, P. Nanni 793

BaTiO3 CERAMICS. SINTERING AND RESIDUAL CARBON CONTENTC. Le Calv6-Proust, E. Husson, G. Blondiaux, J.P. Coutures 799

LASER ABLATION AND CARBON CONTENT EVOLUTION IN BaTiO3 CERAMICSMEASURED BU NUCLEAR METHODS

C. Miot, C. Le Calv6-Proust, G. Blondiaux, E. Husson, J.P. Coutures 805

PIEZO-CERAMICS WITH SIMULTANEOUS SYNTHESIS AND SINTERING FROM PbTiO3

GELSL. del Olmo, O. Garcfa, M. Garcfa, C. Moure 809

SEEDING OF PZT CERAMICS-MICRO AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURES ANALYSISM.A. Zghete, J.A. Varela, M. Cilense, CO. Paiva Santos 815

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PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND PARTICLE REARRANGEMENT DURING SINTERINGA.M.R. Senos, J.M. Vieira 821

PARTICLE GROWTH IN ZnO POWDERG. Werner, V. Hilarius 827

EFFECT OF WATER VAPOR AND CO2 ON SINTERING OF ZnOL. Perazolli, J.A. Varela, E. Longo, F. Vila, O.N. Ventura 833

SINTERABILITY OF SPHERICAL ZINC OXIDE AGGREGATESI. Guy, A. Peigney, R. Legros, A. Rousset 839

SEM-EBIC AND SIMS STUDIES OF ZnO VARISTORR.D.K. Pindoria, D.S. McPhail, B.C.H. Steele, D.B. Holt, R.J. Chater 845

MULLITE-ZIRCONIA AND CORDIERITE-ZIRCONIA COMPOSITES PRODUCED FROMSOL GEL COATED COMMERCIAL POWDERS

R. Guinebretiere, A. Dauger, A. Lecomte, B. Soulestin, G. Troilliard 851

MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF MULLITE DURING THERMAL TRANSFORMATIONOF KYANITE

M.A. Sainz, A. Caballero 857

SOL-GEL DERIVED MULLITE CERAMICSB. Saruhan, D. Voll, B. Kanka, H. Schneider 863

REACTION SINTERING BEHAVIOUR OF TWO GELS WITH MULLITE COMPOSITIONP. Pena, A.L. Cavalieri, S. de Aza, J.S. Moya 869

MORPHOLOGY AND SINTERING OF MOROCCO CLAYSR. Moussa, L. Chermant, M. Coster, J.-L. Chermant 877

EFFECT OF SILAZANE BINDERS ON THE OPEN POROSITY OF REACTION-BONDED Si3N4

G.H. Wroblewska, M. Keuthen, G. Ziegler 883

DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURE IN LIQUID PHASE SINTERED SiCL.K.L. Falk 889

GRANULATION AND DENSIFICATION OF SILICON NITRIDE POWDERE. Gunther, R. Knitter, U. Maciejewski, H.-J. Ritzhaupt-Kleissl 895

DENSIFICATION OF COMPOSITES BY HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSINGM. Desmaison-Brut, G. Langguth, B. Soulestin 901

PREPARATION OF AIN-Ni3AI COMPOSITES BY REACTIVE ARC MELTINGS.C. Hanyaloglu, V. Kotroczo, I.J. McColm 907

MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT DURING SINTERING OF AIN CERAMICSC. Koestler, H. Bestgen, A. Roosen, W. Boecker 913

INFLUENCE OF CARBON REDUCING ATMOSPHERE ON THE SINTERING OFALUMINIUM NITRIDE (AIN)

M. Einarsrud, A.M. Hundere 919

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A NEW METHOD FOR SINTERING OF AING. Huttl, R. Dittrich, T. Reetz 925

LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF AIN SUBSTRATES: A CHALLENGE IN CERAMICPROCESSING

K. Seitz, H.-M. Guther, A. Roosen 931

SINTERING PROCESS OF FINE AIN POWDER WITH Y2O3 ADDITIVEK. Watari, T. Nagaoka, K. Hirao, M. Yasuoka, A. Tsuzuki, S. Kanzaki 937

DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE PHASE ALUMINIUM NITRIDE CERAMICSI. Haase, G. Himpel 943

SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF CERAMIC MATERIALS WITH THE PARTICIPATIONOF AIN

D. Lepkova, A. loleva 949

SINTERING BEHAVIOUR AND MICROSTRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY OF AIN SYSTEMY.-W. Park, S.-CH. Choi 955

I.4 PHASES AND REACTIONS

INCORPORATION OF CERIUM INTO THE BaTiO3 LATTICED. Makovec, Z. Samardzija, D. Kolar 961

TETRAGONAL ZIRCONIA POLYCRYSTALS UNDER REDUCING CONDITIONSK. Haberko, Z. Pedzich, J. Piekarczyk, M.M. Bucko, W. Suchanek 967

THE NITRIDATION OF ZIRCONIAM. Lerch, G. Muller 973

PARTIALLY STABILIZED ZIRCONIA IN THE SYSTEM CaO-CeO2-ZrO2

V. Burghelea, M. Preda, C. Nicolescu, D. lonescu 979

CERIA ESTABILIZED ZIRCONIA DOPED WITH IRON OXIDECO. Paiva Santos, J.A. Varela, I.R. Ruiz, A.P. Bechepeche, E. Longo 985

SUBSOLIDUS RELATIONSHIP IN Zr02-Sn02-Ti02 SYSTEME. Andronescu, A. Folea, M. Sandu 993

THE PHASE TRANSFORMATION TO ALPHA ALUMINA DURING CALCINATION OFDIFFERENT RAW MATERIALS MIXED WITH SEEDS

F.K. van Dijen, C Seiffert • 999

EFFECT OF OXYGEN CONTENT IN SINTERING ATMOSPHERE ON T-CINVERSION OF UNSTABILIZED ZIRCONIA GRAINS DISPERSED IN ALUMINAMATRIX '

H.T. Tomaszewski 1005

REACTION SINTERING OF ZrO2-AI2TiO6 COMPOSITESN. Lequeux, L. Bonhomme-Coury, S. Mussotte, P. Boch 1011

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MICROWAVE REACTION-SINTERING OF ALUMINIUM TITANATE AND MULLITECERAMICS

P. Piluso, N. Lequeux, P. Boch 1017

SINTERING AND REACTION MECHANISMS IN REACTION-SINTERED MULLITESW. Albers, B. Saruhan, H. Schneider 1023

METASTABLE PHASES IN POWDERS OF THE SYSTEM Y2O3-AI2O3 OBTAINED BY TWOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS

S. Le Floch, J . Coutures, A. Douy, M. Gervais, J.P. Coutures 1029

PHASE STUDIES IN THE 18wt% ZrO2 PLANE OF THE SiO2-ZrO2-AI2O3-CaO SYSTEMM.I. Nieto, P. Pena 1035

HYDRATED CALCIUM SILICATES FORMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMEADDITIVES

W. Nocun-Wczelik 1041

Al/Si ORDERING IN ALKALI-DOPED CORDIERITES M06Mg2AI46Si460,8 (M = Na, K, Cs)I. Gouby, P. Thomas, T. Merle-Mejean, G. Trolliard, D. Mercuric B. Frit, J. Senegas 1047

FACTORS AFFECTING THE SYNTHESIS OF SIALONI. Teoreanu, E. Andronescu, L.F.S. Dumitrescu, D.J. Rowcliffe 1053

MICROSTRUCTURE AND CHEMICAL REACTION IN A Si3N4-TiC COMPOSITEH.L. Chou, J.-L. Huang 1059

Ti-AI-B COMPOSITES PERFORMED BY COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS UNDER MICRO-GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS

O. Odawara, K. Mori, S. Hanazuka, A. Tanji, S. Yoda 1067

HIGH TEMPERATURE SILICON NITRIDE WITH MINIMIZED ADDITIVECONTENT BY CONTAINERLESS SINTER-HIP

R. Westerheide, A. Geyer, R. Oberacker, G. Grathwohl 1073

EFFECT OF SINTERING ATMOSPHERE AND ALUMINA PRECURSORS ON THESEQUENCE OF SOLID STATE REACTIONS IN THE AIN-Y2O3-AI2O3 SYSTEM

0. Babushkin, R. Harrysson, T. Lindback ' 1079

CARBOTHERMAL PRODUCTION OF 0--SIALON FROM NANOSIZED POWDERSM. Sopicka-Lizer, R.A. Terpstra, R. Metselaar 1085

COMPARISON OF THE SYNTHESIS MECHANISM OF AIN,AI4C3 AND TiC BYCARBOTHERMIC REDUCTION OF OXIDES

P. Tristant, P. Denoirjean-Deriu, P. Lefort 1091

THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS ON THE PREPARATION OF CERAMIC NITRIDEPOWDERS BY CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION

M.P. Corral, A. Caballero, R. Martfnez 1097

0/N-INTERDIFFUSION IN AINM. Sternitzke, G. Muller 1103

Fe-TiC CERAMIC-METAL COMPOSITESI.W.M. Brown, G.V. White 1109

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METALLIC AND INTERMETALLIC BINDER PHASES WITHIN Fe-Ni-AI SYSTEM FORTiB2 CEMENTED BORIDES: THERMODYNAMIC GUIDELINES

M.G. Barandika, J.M. Sanchez, F. Castro 1115

CHEMICAL INTERACTION BETWEEN SIALON CERAMICS AND STEELJ. Vleugels, 0. van Der Biest 1121

INTERACTION BETWEEN ELECTRONIC PASTES AND AIN-SUBSTRATEP. Otschik, C. Kretzschmar, K. Jaenicke-R6/?ler 1127

INTERACTION PROCESSING-SOLDER IN THICK FILM AND LOW TEMPERATURECOFIRED CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES

I. Vincueria, M. Villagrasa, R.G. Luna 1133

AN INFLUENCE OF TITANIUM ON ACTIVITY AND PENETRATION OF AgCuTilnSOLDER COMPONENTS INTO ALUMINA CERAMICS

W.K. Wlosinski, W. Olesinska 1141

A NEW ROUTE TO STABILIZED CEMENTITE. REFINEMENT OF THE CRYSTALSTRUCTURE

D. Benbertal, A. Mosset, J.C Trombe 1147

PHASE TRANSITIONS IN AMORPHOUS PRECURSORS OF GLASS-CERAMIC ANDCERAMIC MATERIALS

L. Stoch, I. Waclawska 1153

A DSC AND FT-IR STUDY OF THE INTERACTION OF y-MPS WITH SLATESM.A. Rodriguez, F. Rubio, M.J. Liso, J.L. Oteo 1159

GLASS FORMATION AND STRUCTURE OF TANTALUM BORATE SYSTEMF. Gong 1165

NEW SPECIAL CERAMIC MATERIALS OF A^BijB^O-Z. Surowiak, G.A. Gequzina, A. Lisinska, E.G. Fesenko, D. Czekaj, E.T. Skuraeva 1171

NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE BaKBiO SYSTEMP.C. Pina, G.A. Dosal, J.L. Morales, M. Cruz, L. Bafios 1177

SUBSOLIDUS PHASE DIAGRAM FOR THE Bi203-Sr0-Ca0-Cu0 SYSTEMM. Preda, D. lonescu, P. Balta 1181

COMPATIBILITY RELATIONS IN THE BiO, 6-Sr0-Ca0-Cu0 SYSTEM AT 800°CM.L. Chavez Garcfa, L. de Pablo Galan 1187

COMPATIBILITY RELATIONS AND GLASSES IN THE BiO, 6-Sr0-Ca0-Cu0 SYSTEMAT 1300°C

M.L. Chavez Garcia, L. de Pablo Galan 1193

Index of Contributors 1

Index of Formulae 15

Subject Index 17