Sintering 87

Volume 1.- International Institute for the Science of Sintering-The Community of the World's Scientist and the Foundation of Sintering Future.- Chemical Synthesis and Sol-Gel Processing.- The Powder Preparation of La2Ti2O7 and La4Ti9O24 Using Amorphous Complex Colloid and the Sintering Behaviour of the Synthesized Powders.- Preparation and Properties of Monodispersed Ceramic Powders.- Occurrence of Priderite in the K2O-A12O3-Ti02 System.- Preparation and Electrical Conductivity of Polycrystalline M + -/??-Ferrites (M+:K+, Rb+ and Cs+) with /??-Alumina Structure.- Synthesis and Sintering of Platelike CaO-Stabilized ZrO2 Crystals.- Calcination and Two-Stage Sintering of Coprecipitated PLZT Powder Aged in Nitrate Solution.- Preparation and Thermoelectric Properties of Sintered Boron Phosphide.- Preparation of Silicon Carbide Powders by Chemical Vapor Deposition.- Growth of SiC Whiskers from SiC Particles.- Preparation and Characterization of Ceramic Powders from Organometallic Polymers.- Synthesis of Beta-SiC Powder from Ethylsilicate-Phenolic Resin.- Pure A1N Prepared by Fluidized Nitridation Technique.- The Formation Process of High Purity and Sinterable Magnesia Powder From MgCl2. 6H2O-added Mg(OH)2.- Simultaneous Grain Growth of CaO and MgO Phases During Sintering of Two Phase Mixtures.- Behaviour of Ti and/or A1 Added Ni Fine Particles during the Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide.- Conversion Process of Gel Fibers Prepared from Zr(O·nC3H7)4 by Sol-Gel Method to ZrO2 Fibers.- Application of Electron Beam Irradiation for Preparation of SiC Fiber from Polycarbosilane.- Preparation of BaTi03 and LiNb03 Powders by Hydrothermal Anodic Oxidation.- Production of High Purity Alumina from Acidic Waste Solution of Aluminum Etching Process.- Sintering Behavior of Alkoxy-Derived Mullite Compacts.- Size Control of Zr02-Aggregated Particles Produced by Hydrolysis and Application to Ceramics.- Sinterability of Sol-Gel Derived Monolithic Oxide Precursor Gels.- Study of the Sol-Gel Process of Alumina Using Iso-Propoxide.- Properties and Sintering of Gels Derived From Metal Alkoxide.- Nucleation and Aggregation as a Mechanism for the Formation of Monodisperse Silica Spheres.- Synthesis of Crystalline Ba(Zn1/3Ta2/3)O3 Powder by Hydrolysis of Metal- Alkoxides.- Preparation and Sintering of Fine Powders of Alkoxide-Derived Zinc Oxide.- Epitaxial Effect of Seeding on Crystallization and Densification of Diphasic Al2O3-MgO Xerogels.- Advance Synthetic Powder Atomization.- Rapidly Solidified Crystalline and Amorphous Powders-Problems and Perspectives.- Rapidly Solidified Powder Produced by Counterrotating Process.- Fundamental Studies of a New Atomization Process and Properties of the Powders.- Production of Rapidly Solidified Powders by the Rotating-Water- Atomization Process.- Development of Elevated Temperature P/M Aluminum Alloy by Rapid Solidification Processing.- Formation and Consolidation of Mechanically Alloyed Ti-Cu Amorphous Powders.- Status and Trends in the Production of Clean Metal Powder.- Forming and Compaction.- The Slip Line Method of Sintered Powder Materials Under Condition of Axial Symmetry.- Selection of Carboxylates as Dispersant for Alumina in Slip Casting.- Metal Injection Molding-a Progressive Shaping Process Requires Sophisticated Sintering Techniques.- Characterization of CIP Formed Powder Compacts.- Sintering, Fundamental and Microstructure.- Excess Energy Stored in Fine Particle System and Material Transport by Diffusion as its Relaxation Process.- Sintering of NaCl Powders.- Pressure-Sintering of Ultrafine Metal Powders.- Sintering of Plated Iron Powders.- Solid-State Sintering as a High Temperature Deformation Process.- Variables Controlling Sinterability of Oxide Ceramics.- Interface Migration During Sintering Induced by Coherency Strain.- Packing of Planer Particles.- A Critical Assessment of Computer Simulation and Numerical Modelling in Sintering Studies.- Impurity Diffusion and the Effect of the Dissolution of Impurities on Diffusivities of Constituent Ions in ?-Al2O3.- Some Contributions of Electron Theory of Sintering in Real Systems.- High Temperature Vaporization from Lithium Silicate.- Control Over ?-Dicalcium Silicate and Discussion on Its Phase Transformation Mechanism.- Determination of Complete Orientation Distribution Function in Hexagonal Metal by The Zero-Range Method with Optimal Zero-Range.- New Understanding of Densification Process.- Re-Examination of the Intermediate and Final Stages of Sintering Controlled by Diffusion.- Sintering and Grain Growth in Tetragonal and Cubic Zirconia.- Sintering of Aggregated MgO Powders.- Grain Boundary Energy In Mgo Bicrystals.- Sintering of Narrow Size Distribution Alumina.- A Novel Firing Concept to Ceramics Sintering.- Effect of Al2TiO5 Decomposition on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of TiO2-added Alumina Ceramics.- Influence Of Additives On Discontinuous Grain Growth During Liquid Phase Sintering Of Barium Titanate.- Sintering of Yttrium Aluminum Garnet.- Anisotropy in the Dimensional Change of Metal Powder Compacts During Sintering.- Texture and Its Control in Carbons.- Structure Parameters for Gas Transport Through Metallurgical Sintered Materials in the Course of Reactions.- The Relation between Sinterability and Initial Packing Density in the Loosely Sintered Cu-Sphere Compact.- Fabrication, Forming, and Firing of Thoria and Thoria-Urania Fuel Pellets.- Fabrication and Characterization of Sintered SYNROC Crystalline Ceramics.- In Situ Experiments of Sintering Process by High Voltage Electron Microscopy.- Oxide-Oxide Interfaces: HREM Observations and Modelling.- In-Situ Analysis of Sintering Reactions of Iron Ore Fine's by a 'Dynamic Sem'.- Structure of Alumina/Niobium Diffusion-Bonded Interface.- High-Resolution Electron Microscope Study on Crystal Structure of Interlayer in Sintered Fe/FeO Compact.- Sintering of ZrC-Al2O3 Composites.- Liquid Phase Sintering.- An Update on the Theory of Liquid Phase Sintering.- Mechanism of Liquid Phase Sintering in Fe-Cu, Cu-Ag and High Speed Steel.- Effect of Entrapped and External Gas Pressure on Densification during Liquid Phase Sintering.- Effect of Binder Composition on Sintering of Tungsten Based Heavy Alloys.- Special Sintering of Tungsten and Tungsten Carbide by Using a Ni-P Alloy.- The Sintering of Nd-Fe-B Magnets.- Sintering of Zircon in the Presence of Liquid Phase.- Novel Sintering Techniques.- Plasma Sintering of Ceramics.- Plasma Sintering.- Potentiality of High Pressure Combustion Sintering to Produce Ceramic Based Multi-Phase Components.- Self Propagating Reaction Sintering of TiNi Alloy.- Application of Synthesis Process by a Self-Propagating Reaction.- Reactivity of Powders During the Combustion Synthesis of Metallic and Ceramic Phases.- The Key Point of Shock Processing for Advanced Materials.- Preparation of Diamond Sintered Compact by Reaction Sintering.- Synthesis of Sintered Diamond with High Hardness and its Properties.- Reaction Analysis of the Combustion Synthesis of Transition Metal Nitrides.- Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of Intermetallic Compounds.- The Structure and Properties of Metals Sintered by the Method of Electric Contact Heating.- Isodynamic Compaction of Titanium Powder.- The Behaviour of Rapidly Solidified Steel Powders under the Action of Shock Wave.- P/M Nonferrous Alloy and Steel.- Dynamic Pre-Heating of P/M Al-Si-X Alloy Prior to Hot Forming.- Creep Behaviour of Dispersion-Hardened A1-4% Mg Alloy by Mechanical Alloying.- High Performance P/M A1 Alloys.- Effect of Heat Treatment on the Sintered Ti-Fe Alloys.- Processing and Characteristics of P/M-Shape Memory Alloys.- Superplastic Forming of Zn-Al Pre-Alloy Powder.- Rapidly-Quenched Intermetallic Compounds, TiAl and Al3Ti.- Preparation and Properties of Dispersion Strengthened Cu-A12O3Powder Using Al-alkoxide.- Mechanical Alloying of Ni-base Superalloy.- Fabrication of Solid State Amorphized Metallic Powders by Mechanical Alloying.- Fabrication Technologies and Properties of P/M Superalloys and Ti Alloys.- High-Field Superconductivity of Si-(Pb, Bi) Alloys Prepared by Mechanical Alloying of Elemental Powders.- Vacuum Hot Pressing of the Iron-Base High Alloyed Powders.- Preparation of Particle-Dispersion-Strengthened Copper by the Application of Mechanical Alloying.- Trends in Advanced P/M Alloys.- Properties of High Iron Carbon Powders.- Influence of Molybdenum on Properties and Microstructure of Sintered Alloyed Steels.- Effect of Dispersion and Coating of Rare Earth Oxide Particles on the Oxidation of Sintered Heat Resisting Alloys.- Corrosion Test Methods Study for P/M Austenitic Stainless Steels.- New Amorphous Cu-V-(Si, OR Ge) Alloys Prepared by Mechanical Alloying of Elemental Powders.- Mechanical Properties of ODS Thin Sheet from Mechanically Alloyed Cu-Al2O3 Powder.- Characteristics of Composite-Type Alloy Steel Powders Containing Ni, Cu and Mo.- Lower Temperature Sintering of Iron-Tin-Copper Compact.- Sintering of 434L Ferritic Stainless Steel-A12O3 Particulate Composites.- Mechanical Properties and Densification Mechanism of a High Strength Sintered Steel.- HIPing.- Hot Isostatic Pressing of Metallic and Ceramic Powders.- Analysis of Hot Isostatic Pressing-Alumina as a Model Material.- Microstructural Development During Sintering and HIPing of some Multicomponent Systems.- Numerical Simulation of the Densification Behaviour of Metal Powder During Hot Isostatic Pressing.- Sintering in Isostatically Hot Pressed Materials.- Recent Progress in CIP and HIP Systems.- HIP Technology at Nippon Kokan.- Sinter-HIP Furnaces-Sintering and Compacting in a Combined Cycle.- Corrosion- & Wear-Resistant Bimetallic Cylinder for Injection Molding Produced by the HIP Process.- HIP of Zn2TiO4 Prepared by Coprecipitation Method.- HIP of Sn02.- Testing and Evaluation.- R-Curve Behavior of Ceramic Materials.- Flaw-Size and Flaw-Orientation Distributions of Structural Ceramics.- Proof Testing by Thermal Shock.- Deformation Mechanisms in Various Forms of SiC and the Implications of these Results Regarding Densification in ?-containing Materials.- Characterization of Creep in the Pressureless Sintered Alumina, Chromia-Alumina and Molybdenum-Alumina.- Creep and Creep Cavitation in Polycrystalline MgO: Effect of Intergranular Second Phase.- Strength and Thermal Conductivity of Highly Porous Sintered Compacts.- Acoustic Emissions from Whisker Reinforced Glass Composites with Special Reference to Microcracking.- Ultrasonic Spectroscopic Analysis for Pore Structure in Cu-Sintered Compact.- Ultrasonic Evaluation of Pore Fraction and Mean Grain Diameter in Fe and Fe-Cu Sintered Compacts.- Thermal Expansion of Cordierite Ceramics-Effects of Doping with Alkali and Heat Treatments.- Evaluation of Impact Fracture Properties at Elevated Temperatures by Instrumental Charpy Test.- Cyclic Fatigue Test of Fine Ceramics by Using Piezostack.- High Performance Functional Materials, Electronic Ceramics.- Thermally Stimulated Exoelectron Emission from Aluminum Nitride Ceramic.- Preparation of High Performance PTCR Materials Using a New Sintering Procedure.- Curie Temperature Control of PbTi03-Ti02 PTCR Composite Ceramics by Addition of SrTi03 and CaTi03.- Microstructure and Humidity Sensitive Characteristics of Ti02-Nb205 Sintered Specimens.- Slag Infiltration into Zircon Brick and its Effect on the Local Erosion of Joints of Ladle Lining.- The Importance of Pore Morphology in Sintering Powder Compacts of High Purity BaTi03.- Liquid Phase Sintering and Dielectric Properties of SrTi03 Ceramics.- Fast Heating Effect on Sintering of Ba(Mg1/3Ta2/3)03.- Low Temperature Sintering of Lead-based Piezoelectric Ceramics with Transient Liquid Phase.- Preparation of the Translucent Sr1_JCBaJCNb206 Ceramics.- Grain Size Dependence of Actuator Characteristics in Electrostrictive PLZT.- Monomorph Actuator.- Chemical Vapor Deposition of Aluminium Nitride.- The Thermal Conductivity of Sintered A1N-YF3 System.- Sinterability of Aluminium Nitride.- High Strength Materials, Si
3N4 and SiC.- Post Fabrication Processing of Silicon Nitride Based Ceramics.- Influence of Powder Characteristics on Some Processing Steps of Silicon Nitride Ceramics.- Grain Boundary Phases of Sintered Silicon Nitride.- Sintering Behavior and ?-? Transformation on Pressureless Sintering of Si3N4.- Effect of Impurities on Sintering of Silicon Nitride.- Sintering of Ultra Fine Si3N4.- Kinetic Investigation of Nitriding and Postsintering of Si/Si3N4 Systems.- The Effects of Sintering Conditions on High Temperature Properties of Sintered Si3N4 Body.- On the ??? Transformation of Sintered Silicon Nitride, Using Ultra Fine Particles as Additives.- Effect of Heat Treatment on the Fracture of Silicon Nitride.- Tensile Strength Properties of Sintered Silicon Nitride.- Densification and Phase Transformation During Sintering of Silicon Nitride Ceramics.- Anisotropic Grain Growth during Final Stage Sintering of Silicon Nitride Ceramics.- Grain Boundaries in SiC with No Additives.- Microstructure and its Control in Reaction-Sintered Silicon Carbide.- Sintering Behavior and Properties of SiC-TiC Ceramic Composites.- Tensile Strength Properties of Sintered Silicon Carbide.- Sintering of Silicon Carbide.- Effects of Beta-SiC Powder Characteristics on the Morphology of Microstructures in the Sintered Bodies.- Non-Oxide Ceramics Sintering by a New Process-Thermite Reaction Assisted Sintering & Synthesis Under High Pressure (THP) Process.- Sialon.- Preparation of ?-Sialon Powders from Alkoxide-Derived Oxides.- Two-Phase ?'-?'-Sialon Ceramics.- Mechanical Properties of Hot-Pressed Silicon Oxynitride Ceramics.- Formation and Properties of Oxynitride Glasses in the System Zr-Y-Si- Al-O-N.- Sinterability and Mechanical Properties of Sialon Materials with Different Amounts of Yttria.- Hydrothermal Corrosion of Sialon Ceramics.- Zirconia.- Sintering of Magnesia Partially Stabilized Zirconia (Mg-PSZ).- Fabrication, Testing, Evaluation and Applications of Zirconia Ceramics.- Environmental Effect on Phase Stability in Y-ZTP Ceramics.- Sintering of Ternary Zirconia Ceramics.- Low-Temperature Sintering of Y-TZP and Y-TZP-A1203 Composites with Transition Metal Oxide Additives.- Evolution of Microstructure in Yttria Partially-Stabilized Zirconia.- Thermal Shock Resistance of Zr02 Based Materials.- Effect of Environmental Gas on Tetragonal to Monoclinic Transformation in Y-TZP.- Improvement of Resistance to Thermal Degradation of Mg-PSZ.- Grinding of Sintered Zirconia.- The Fabrication and Application of Sintering Materials for Energy Conversion Technique.- Lattice Vibrations and Phase Transitions in Zr02.- Local Structures Around Y and Ce Atoms in Stabilized Tetragonal Zr02.- Powder Metallurgical Fabrication of the Thermal-Stress Relief Type of Functionally Gradient Materials.- Magnets.- Low Temperature Sintering of Mn-Zn Ferrites.- Fe-50% Co Sintered Alloy.- CeDidymium-Fe-B Permanent Magnets Prepared by Liquid Phase Sintering.- Sintering, Grain Growth and Fracture of Polycrystalline CuFe5Og.- The Sintering of Soft Magnetic Fe-Si Powder Materials with FeS Liquid Phase.- A New Proposition of the Chemically Heterogeneous Sintered Soft Magnetic Materials, Theory and Practice.- The Calculation and Measurement of the Distribution of Eddy Currents in Chemically Heterogeneous Sintered Soft Magnetic Materials.- Cutting Tools.- Microstructural Design of Wear Resistant Ceramic Systems for Cutting Tool Applications.- Densification Mechanism of TiB2-TaB2-CoB Based Ceramics.- Pressureless Sintering of Alumina-Titanium Carbide Composites for Cutting Tool Applications.- Ceramic Grinding by Sintered Cast Iron Bonded Diamond Grinding Wheel.- Coated Cemented Carbide Cutting Tools.- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Titanium-Carbonitride Base Cermets.- Development of Zr02 Added Si3N4.- Sintered Diamond Composite with a Tantalum Foil Barrier.- Titanium-Carbonitride-based Hard Alloys for Cutting Tools.- The Microstructure and Properties of Sintered Mo2FeB2 Base Hard Alloys.- Pressureless Sintering and Mechanical Properties of TiB2 Compacts.- Bioceramics.- Characterization of Fine Hydroxyapatite Powders Synthesized under Hydrothermal Conditions.- Apatite Porous Ceramics prepared by the Hydration and Hardening Method.- Solid-State Reactions and Sintering of Zr02-Added Hydroxyapatite Ceramics.- Effect of Ca/P Ratio upon Microstructure and Sinterability of Calcium Hydroxyapatite.- Sintering Characteristics and Mechanical Property of Hydroxyapatite.- Preparation and Sintering of Hydroxyapatite Ceramics.- Composites.- Influence of Whisker Volume Fraction on the Mechanical Properties of SiC Whisker Reinforced 6061 Aluminum Alloy Composites.- Fabrication of Fiber Reinforced Silicon Carbide Composites.- Crack Propagation Studies in a Whisker-Glass Composite.- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SiC-Whisker/Y-TZP Composite.- Crystallinity and Orientation of SiC Coated on Carbon Fiber.- Solid State Bonding of SiC to Nb.- Solid State Reaction between Alumina and Iron.- Nitride and Carbide Formation onto Ceramics by Molten Dipping Method.- Characteristics of the Alumina-Niobium Solid State Bonding Interface.- Reactivity of Sintered SiC with Metals.- Silicon Carbide-Nickel Interfacial Reaction and Structure.- Superconductors.- Correlation Between Microstructures and Electrical properties of High-Tc Superconductor YBa2Cu30y.- Microstructure and Critical Current Densities of Superconducting Ceramics.- Fabrication of High-Tc Superconducting Ba2Y1Cu307_5 Ceramics by a Partial Oxalate Method and Evaluation of the Materials.- Preparation and Chemical Properties in High-Tc Superconducting (Y, Sc)-Ba-Cu-0 Ceramics.- Surface Treatments of YBa2Cu307.- Superconductivity and Irradiation Effects in Ln-Ba-Cu-Oxide Superconductors.- Oxygen Nonstoichiometry of High-Tc Superconducting Oxides.- Effect of Microstructure on the Jc of YBa2Cu307_JC Bulk Materials.- Thin Film Processes for Fine Ceramics.- Tape Casting of YBa2Cu307_JC Superconductor.- Processing and Critical Current Densities of Oxide Superconductors.- Sintering and Microstructure Development in Superconducting YBa2Cu307_?.- Calcination, Milling and Pressing of Sinterable YBa2Cu307_ff Powders from Mixed Oxides and Carbonates.- Densification Enhancement By Rare-Earth Element Mixing in LnBa2Cu307_d.- Effects of Sintering Atmosphere on Critical Current Density in the Y-Ba- Cu-0 System.