Advances in Bioceramics and Porous Ceramics III - Ceramic Engineering and Scinece Proceedings V31 Issue 6

Preface. Introduction. BIOCERAMICS. Biodegradable Rare Earth Lithium Aluminoborate Glasses for Brachytherapy Use ( J. E. White, D. E. Day, R. F. Brown, and G. J. Ehrhardt ). Analytical Model for Prediction of Residual Stress in Zirconia-Porcelain Bi-Layer ( M. Allahkarami, H. A. Bale, and J. C. Hanan ). Calcium-Aiuminate Based Dental Luting Cement with Improved Sealing Properties-An Overview ( Leif Hermansson, Adam Faris, Gunilla Gomez-Ortega, Emil Abrahamsson, and Jesper Loof ). Bioglass/Chitosan Composite as a New Bone Substitute ( P. Khoshakhlagh, F. Moztarzadeh, S. M. Rabiee, R. Moradi, P. Heidari, R. Ravariani, S. Amanpour ). Development and Characterization of High Strength Porous Tissue Scaffolds ( James J. Liu, Juha-Pekka Nuutinen, Kitu Patel and Adam Wallen ). Grape Technology or Bone-Like Apatite Deposition in Narrow Grooves ( A. Sugino, K. Uetsuki, K. Kuramoto, S. Hayakawa, Y. Shirosaki, A. Osaka, K. Tsuru, T. Nakano, and C. Ohtsuki ). Rapid Biomimetic Calcium Phosphate Coating on Metals, Bioceramics and Biopolymers at Room Temperature with 10xSBF ( A. Cuneyt Tas ). Chemically Bonded Bioceramic Carrier Systems for Drug Delivery ( Leif Hermansson ). POROUS CERAMICS. Low-Og Technology for Thermal Treatment of High Quality Porous Ceramics ( Hartmut Weber ). Reticulated SiC Foam X-ray CT, Meshing, and Simulation ( Alberto Ortona, Simone Pusteria, and Solene Valton ). The Effects of ss-Si 3 N 4 Seeding and a-Si 3 N 4 Powder Size on the Development of Porous ss-Si 3 N 4 Ceramics ( Daniel A. Gould, Kevin P. Plucknett, Liliana B. Garrido, and Luis A. Genova ). Development of Novel Microporous ZrO 2 Membranes for H2/CO 2 Separation ( Tim Van Gestel, Felix Hauler, Doris Sebold, Wilhelm A. Meulenberg, and Hans-Peter Buchkremer ). Thermal Shock Properties of Porous Alumina for Support Carrier of Hydrogen Membrane Materials ( Sawao Honda, Yuuki Ogihara, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Yuji Iwamoto ). In Situ Processing of Porous MgTi 2 O 5 Ceramics with Pseudobrookite-Type Structure toward Third Generation Diesel Particulate Filter Materials ( Yoshikazu Suzuki ). Aluminum Titanate Composites for Diesel Particulate Filter Applications ( Monika Backhaus-Ricoult, Chris Glose, Patrick Tepesch, Bryan Wheaton, and Jim Zimmermann ). Weibull Analysis of 4-Point Flexure Strengths in Honeycomb Ceramic Structures (Cordierite and Silicon Carbide) ( Randall J. Stafford and Srephen T. Gonczy ). Author Index.