Advanced Processing and Mnaufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials IV - Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings V31 8

Preface. Introduction. GREEN MANUFACTURING AND SMART PROCESSING. Securing the Supply of Precious and Special Metals?The Need of Closing the Loop ( Christian Hageluken ). Mechanical Properties of Cr-Si-N-O Thin Films Deposited by RF Reactive Unbalanced Magnetron Sputtering ( Jun Shirahata, Tetsutaro Ohori, Hiroki Asami, Tsuneo Suzuki, Tadachika Nakayama, Hisayuki Suematsu, and Koichi Niihara ). Room-Temperature Deposition and Magneto-Optical Properties of Transparent Cobalt/Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Nanocomposite Films by Aerosol Deposition ( Jae-Hyuk Park and Jun Akedo ). Influence of Dispersant on Rheology of Zirconia-Paraffin Feedstocks and Mechanical Properties of Micro Parts Fabricated via LPIM ( Fatih A. Cetinel, Marcus Muller, Joachim Rogner, Werner Bauer, and Jurgen Hausselt ). ADVANCED COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING. Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites Processed by a Hybrid Process Based on Chemical Vapor Infiltration, Slurry (Impregnation and Spark Plasma Sintering ( Jerome Magnant, Rene Pailler, Yann Le Petitcorps, Laurence Maille, Alain Guette, Jimmy Marine, and Eric Philippe ). Manufacturing of the CMC Nose Cap for the Expert Spacecraft ( Christian Zuber, Thomas Reimer, Kornelia Stubicar, Bernhard Heidenreich, and Hermann Hald ). The Nature of Silicon Carbide Phases Developed from Different Carbonaceous Sources and Its Impact on the Microstructure of C f /C-SiC Composites ( Andrew Leatherbarrow and Houzheng Wu ). Shaping Radiation Curable Colloidal Dispersions?From Polymer/Ceramic Fibers and Microspheres to Gradient Porosity Ceramic Bulk Materials ( Yoram de Hazan, Maciek Wozniak, Judit Heinecke, Gregor Muller, Veronika Markl, and Thomas Graule ). Melt-Infiltration Processing of Titanium Carbide-Stainless Steel Cermets ( Tyler Stewart, R. Bradley Collier, Zoheir N. Farhat, Georges J. Kipouros, and Kevin P. Plucknett ). Oxidation Behavior of Zirconium Diboride-Silicon Carbide Composites ( Ipek Akin, Filiz Cinar Sahin, Onuralp Yucel, and Gultekin Goller ). RAPID PROCESSING. Nano-Crystalline Yttria Samaria Codoped Zirconia: Comparison of Electrical Conductivity of Microwave and Conventionally Sintered Samples ( Soumyajit Koley, Abhijit Ghosh, Ashok Kumar Sahu, and Ashok Kumar Suri ). Spark Plasma Sintering (FAST/SPS) of Novel Materials?Taking the Next Step Forward to Industrial Production ( H. U. Kessel, J. Hennicke, R. Kirchner, andT. Kessel ). Rapid Manufacturing of Ceramic Parts by Selective Laser Melting ( Jan Wilkes, Yves-Christian Hagedorn, Sorn Ocylok, Wilhelm Meiners, and Konrad Wissenbach ). JOINING AND MACHINING. Active Metal Brazing and Characterization of Brazed Joints between Silicon Carbide and Metallic Systems ( Bryan P. Coddington, Rajiv Asthana, Michael C. Halbig, and Mrityunjay Singh ). Joining of Silicon Nitride with Glass or Powder under Mechanical Pressure ( Naoki Kondo, Hideki Hyuga, Takaaki Nagaoka, and Hideki Kita ). Fabrication of Thermodynamic Crystals by Structural Joining ( Soshu Kirihara, Yasunori Uehara, and Youhei Takinami ). Effect of Various Factors on Interface Formation in Magnetic Pressure Seam Welding ( Hisashi Serizawa, Isao Shibahara, Sherif Rashed, Hidekazu Murakawa, and Shinji Kumai ). Production Environment Laser Assisted Machining of Silicon Nitride ( Federico Sciammarella, Joe Santner, Jeff Staes, Richard Roberts, Frank Pfefferkorn, Stephen T. Gonczy, Stefan Kyselica, and Ricardo Deleon ). NET SHAPE FORMING. Gelcasting of High Performance Carbide Ceramics with Larger Size/Complex Shape ( Dongliang Jiang ). Processing of Complex-Shaped Micro Parts by Reaction-Bonding and Sintering of Silicon Nitride ( M. Muller, W. Bauer, R. Knitter, and J. Rogner ). Thermoplastic Ceramic Injection Molding of Zirconia Toughened Alumina Components ( F. Kern, M. Abou El-Ezz, and R. Gadow ). Fabrication of Alumina Dental Crown Model with Biomimetic Structure by Using Stereolithography ( Mitsuyori Suwa, Soshu Kirihara, and Taiji Sohmura ). Author Index.