Developments in Strategic Ceramic Materials

Preface ix Introduction xi GEOPOLYMERS AND CHEMICALLY BONDED CERAMICS Properties of Granite Powder Reinforced Potassium Geopolymer 3 Daniel S. Roper, Gregory P. Kutyla, and Waltraud M. Kriven Ceramic Felt Reinforced Geopolymer Composites 11 Elias C. Koehler and Waltraud M. Kriven Ammonia-Borane Geopolymer (AB-G) Composite 21 Lars Schomborg, Zeina Assi, J. Christian Buhl, Claus H. Rüscher, and Michael Wark Monitoring the Structural Evolution during Geopolymer Formation by 27Al NMR 37 Ameni Gharzouni, Emmanuel Joussein, Isabel Sobrados, Jesus Sanz, Samir Baklouti, Basma Samet, and Sylvie Rossignol Recycled Geopolymer on New Formulations 49 N. Essaidi, L. Vidal, F.Gouny, E. Joussein, and S. Rossignol Impact of Alkaline Solution and Curing Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Alkali-Activated Blast Furnace Slag 61 Elodie Prud'homme, Jean Ambroise, and Marie Michel Long-Term Development of Mechanical Strengths of Alkali-Activated Metakaolin, Slag, Fly Ash, and Blends 77 F. Jirasit, C. H. Rüscher, L. Lohaus, and P. Chindaprasirt Preparation of Geopolymer-Type Mortar and "Light-Weight Concrete" from Copper Floatation Waste and Coal Combustion By Products 89 J. Temuujin, A. Minjigmaa, B. Davaabal, Ts. Zolzaya and U. Bayarzul, Ts.Jadambaa, and C. H. Rüscher Portland Cement with Luffa Fibers 103 H. A. Colorado, S. A. Colorado, and R. Buitrago-Sierra VIRTUAL MATERIALS (COMPUTATIONAL) DESIGN AND CERAMIC GENOME Two-Phase Nanocrystalline/Amorphous Simulations of Anisotropic Grain Growth using Q-State Monte-Carlo 115 J. B. Allen First Principles Calculations of Dopant Effects in Boron Suboxide 131 J. S. Dunn, A. B. Rahane, and Vijay Kumar Composition Dependent Hardness of Covalent Solid Solutions and Its Electronic Structure Origin 143 Qing-Miao Hu, Rui Yang, Börje Johansson, and Levente Vitos Experimental and Numerical Determination of the Elastic Moduli of Freeze Cast MMC with Different Lamellae Orientation 153 Matthias Merzkirch, Yuri Sinchuk, Kay André Weidenmann, and Romana Piat Doping of CeO2 as a Tunable Buffer Layer for Coated Superconductors: A DFT Study of Mechanical and Electronic Properties 169 Danny E. P. Vanpoucke Quantitative Analysis of (La0.8Sr0.2)0.98MnO3± Electronic Conductivity using CALPHAD Approach 179 Shadi Darvish, Surendra K, Saxena, and Yu Zhong ADVANCED CERAMIC COATINGS The Effects of Ni3Al Binder Content on the Electrochemical Response of TiC-Ni3Al Cermets 193 M. B. Holmes, A. Ibrahim, G. J. Kipouros, Z. N. Farhat, and K. P. Plucknett A Study of a NiAl Bondcoat Deposited onto CMSX-4 Superalloy for Thermal Barrier Applications 203 A. D. Chandio, X. Zhao, Y. Chen, M. Bai, and P. Xiao Mechanical Properties of Air Plasma Sprayed Environmental Barrier Coating (EBC) Systems: Preliminary Assessments 219 Bradley T. Richards, Dongming Zhu, Louis J. Ghosn, and Haydn N. G. Wadley Iron-Copper Nitride Thin Films Fabricated by Sputtering 239 Xingwu Wang, James P. Parry, Hrishikesh Kamat, Ruikun Pan, and Hao Zeng MATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS AND NANOLAMINATED TERNARY CARBIDES AND NITRIDES Influence of Nitrogen Pressure on SHS Synthesis of Ti2AlN Powders 253 L. Chlubny, J. Lis, and M. M. Buko Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Coatings for Environmental Protection of Cf/SiC Composites 261 Franziska Uhlmann, Christian Wilhelmi, Steffen Beyer, Stephan Schmidt-Wimmer, and Stefan Laure MATERIALS DIAGNOSTICS AND STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING OF CERAMIC COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS Nanomonitoring of Ceramic Surface 275 V. A. Lapina, P. P. Pershukevich, T. A. Pavich, S. B. Bushuk, and J. Opitz Semi-Automated Inspection Unit for Ceramics 283 Christian Wolf, Andreas Lehmann, and Gregor Unglaube ADVANCED MATERIALS AND INNOVATIVE PROCESSING FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ROOT TECHNOLOGY Modelling of Fluid Flow in Tape Casting of Thin Ceramics: Analytical Approaches and Numerical Investigations 291 Masoud Jabbari and Jesper Hattel 2ND EUROPEAN-USA ENGINEERING CERAMICS SUMMIT AND 4TH GLOBAL YOUNG INVESTIGATORS FORUM Wettability and Reactivity of Y2O3 with Liquid Nickel and Its Alloys 309 N. Sobczak, R.M. Purgert, R. Asthana, J.J. Sobczak, M. Homa, R. Nowak, G. Bruzda, A. Siewiorek, and Z. Pirowski Computational Materials Science: Where Theory Meets Experiments 323 Danny E. P. Vanpoucke Author Index 335