ADVANCES IN COMPOSITES

The Effect of Paste Water Content on the Green Microstructure of Extruded Titanium Dioxide 3
Mustafa Kanaan Alazzawi and Richard A. Haber

Compaction Plasticity of Spray Dried Alumina Granules to Form Microstructural Uniformity and Green Strength 15
I. P. Maher and R. A. Haber

A Model for the Numerical Simulation of Liquid Silicon Infiltration into Porous Carbon/Carbon Preforms 23
Khurram Iqbal, Sudhanshu Dwivedi, and Stevens Cadet

Foreign Object Damage in a SiC Fibrous Composite 33
Nesredin Kedir, David Faucett, Luis Sanchez, and Sung R. Choi

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PROPERTIES AND PERFORMANCE OF ADVANCED CERAMICS

ASTM Subcommittee C28.01 Mechanical Properties and Reliability 47
Michael G. Jenkins

ASTM Committee C28: International Standards for Properties and Performance of Advanced Ceramics-Three Decades of High-Quality, Technically-Rigorous Normalization 59
Michael G. Jenkins and Jonathan A. Salem

ASTM Subcommittee C28.07 Ceramic Matrix Composites 81
Michael G. Jenkins and Andrew Wereszczak

Activities in ISO/TC206 Fine Ceramics—A Quarter Century of 95

Progress
Shuji Sakaguchi

SINTERING AND RELATED POWDER PROCESSING

The Usage of Heat Explosion to Synthesize Intermetallic Compounds and Alloys 111
Karina Belokon and Yuriy Belokon

Structural Characterization of Carbon-Based Materials Obtained by Spark Plasma Sintering of Non-Graphitic Carbon with Nickel and Iron as Catalysts and Space Holders 117
A. V. Ukhina, B. B. Bokhonov, D. V. Dudina, K. Yubuta, and H. Kato

On the Effect of Electric Field during Spark Plasma Sintering—A “Faraday Cage” Approach 127
Anil Prasad, Somi Doja, and Lukas Bichler

Enhancement of Diffusion Bonding of Silver Graphite to Copper by Severe Plastic Deformation 137
Daudi R. Waryoba

SURFACE PROPERTIES OF BIOMATERIALS

Hydroxyapatite Precipitation on Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-7Nb Alloys: Effect of Surface Conditions 153
Mahmoud Abdel-salam, Waleed Khalifa, and Shimaa El-Hadad

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Heat Treated Ti-6Al-7Nb Alloy 169
Ahmed Fityan, Shimaa El-Hadad, and Waleed Khalifa

Surface Modification of Titanium Foams Produced by Freeze-Casting 179
Silvia Briseno Murguia, Joshua Barclay, Samir M. Aouadi, and Marcus L. Young

The Effect of Plastic Deformation on the Cell Viability and Adhesion Behavior in Metallic Implant Materials 187

INNOVATIVE PROCESSING

Influence of Hot-Pressing Time on Phase Evolution of SHS Obtained Ti2AlC Active Precursor Powder 199
L. Chlubny, J. Lis, P. Borowiak, and K. Chabior

Increasing the Silicon Carbide Content in Laser Sintered Reaction Bonded Silicon Carbide 207
Sebastian Meyers, Lien De Leersnijder, Jef Vleugels, and Jean-Pierre Kruth

Challenges in Spark Plasma Sintering of Cerium (IV) Oxide 217
Anil Prasad, Linu Malakkal, Lukas Bichler, and Jerzy Szpunar

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Study of the Dielectric Response of Rare-Earth Modified PZT Ferroelectric Ceramics—An Approach to the Diffuse Phase Transition 227
S. P. Hessel, A. C. Silva, R. Guo, A. S. Bhalla, and J. D. S. Guerra

Influence of Processing and Microstructure on Dielectric Properties of Calcium Copper Titanate Ceramics 237
Disna P. Samarakoon, Nirmal Govindaraju, and Raj N. Singh

Effect of A-Site Doping by La, Ba, and Ca on Thermoelectric Properties of Sr2FeTiO6 Double Perovskites 245
P. Roy and T. Maiti

PROCESSING AND PERFORMANCE OF MATERIALS USING MICROWAVES, ELECTRIC, AND MAGNETIC FIELDS

Change of Energy Transfer Medium from High Temperature Gas to Microwave 255
Kazuhiro Nagata and Motoyasu Sato

Effect of Laser Shock Peening (LSP) on AISI L6 Hot Work Tool Steel 267
Sachin Patil, Valmik Bhavar, Prakash Kattire, P. P. Date, and Rajkumar Singh

Comprehending Microwave-Enhanced Isothermal Process Kinetics in Ceramic Processing 275
Boon Wong

THERMAL PROTECTION MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS

Characterization of Deposits Found on Carrier Panel Tiles Recovered from the Space Shuttle Columbia 293
Brenda R. Arellano, Stephen W. Stafford, Darren M. Cone, and Mayra Contreras

Unlocking the Thermal Protection Potential of Ceramic Matrix Composites 305
R. Cook

Determination of the Mechanical Properties of the Lightweight Ablative Material ZURAM 311
Thomas Reimer, Christian Zuber, Jakob Rieser, and Thomas Rothermel

ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS

In Situ TEM Observations of Corrosion in Nanocrystalline Fe Thin Films 329
David Gross, Josh Kacher, Jordan Key, Khalid Hattar, and Ian M. Robertson

Removal and Separation of Metal Ions from the Chromium Plating Wastewater using Persimmon Gel and Immobilized Microbe 339
Takehiko Tsuruta and Tomonobu Hatano

ZIRCONIA BASED MATERIALS

Microstructural Evolution and Tribocorrosion Performance of Novel Laser Clad Ti-Ni-ZrO2 Composite Coatings in 3.5% NaCl Solution 355
Babatunde A. Obadele, Oladeji O. Ige, and Peter A. Olubambi

The Evolution of the Structure and the Transport Properties of ZrO2-Y2O3, ZrO2-Sc2O3 and ZrO2-Y2O3-Sc2O3 Crystals, Obtained by Skull Melting Technique 365
M. A. Borik, S. I. Bredikhin, V. T. Bublik, A. V. Kulebyakin, I. E. Kuritsyna, E. E. Lomonova, F. O. Milovich, V. A. Myzina, V. V. Osiko, P. A. Ryabochkina, S. V. Seryakov, and N. Yu. Tabachkova

CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS, PROCESSING, AND APPLICATIONS OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS

Preparation and Characterization of Poly (Meta-Phenylene Isophthalamide) Microporous Membranes by Coaxial Electrospinning 381
Weiwang Chen and Wenguo Weng

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Glancing Angle Deposition of Polymer Nanoparticles 391
David A. Kessler and Marriner H. Merrill

CERAMIC OPTICAL MATERIALS

Highly Translucent, High Strength Zirconia Ceramics with Nano-Sized Tetragonal Domain 407
Isao Yamashita, Yuya Machida, and Shouichi Yamauchi

MULTIFUNCTIONAL OXIDES

Physical Property Relationships in Spinel Ferrite Thin Films Developed Using the Spin-Spray Deposition Method 417
N. M. Ray, W. T. Petuskey, H. Lorzel, and M. R. McCartney