12th INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS CONGRESS Proceedings of the 12 th International Ceramics Congress, part of CIMTEC 2010- 12 th International Ceramics Congress and 5th Forum on New Materials Montecatini Terme, Italy, June 6-11, 2010 PART B including: Symposium

12th INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS CONGRESS PART B......Page 2 Preface......Page 5 Committees......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 7 Spray Freeze Granulation of Nano Powders for Die Pressing......Page 11 New Synthesis Process of Li, Na and K Niobates from Metal Alkoxides......Page 17 Novel Sol-Gel Synthesis of LiMn2O4 and LiNixCo1-xO2 Powders......Page 24 Synthesis of Alumina and Aluminum Nitride Layers on a Graphitic Substrate via a Sol-Gel Route......Page 34 Synthesis of Monodispersed Plate-Like CeO2 Particles by Precipitation Process in Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate Solution......Page 40 Co-Doping Effect of Metal Ion on the Visible Light Responsive Photocatalytic Properties of Nitrogen Doped Titanium Dioxide......Page 46 Tailored Silica Based Xerogels and Aerogels for Insulation in Space Environments......Page 51 In Situ TEM Observation of Crystallization Process for LiNbO3 and NaNbO3......Page 57 Microwave Assisted Solvothermal Synthesis and Visible Light Photocatalytic Properties of Nb and N Co-Doped SrTiO3 Nanoparticles......Page 62 Numerical Simulation of Spark Plasma Sintering......Page 68 Densification Mechanism of MgAl2O4 Spinel during Spark-Plasma-Sintering......Page 72 Production and Characterization of Boron Carbide – Titanium Diboride Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering Method......Page 78 The Effects of Codoping Y2O3 on MgO Doped Spark Plasma Sintered Al2O3......Page 84 Spark Plasma Sintering of Boron Carbide and Effects of Various Additives on Sintering and Material Properties......Page 89 Microwave Absorbency Change of Zirconia Powder and Fiber during Vacuum Heating......Page 95 Microwave Assisted Reaction Sintering of ZrSiO4/α -Al2O3 Mixtures......Page 101 Hybrid Foams, Colloids and Beyond: Advanced Ceramics through Integrative Chemistry......Page 107 Panoscopic Assembling of Ceramic Materials for High Performance UV-Ray Shielding Application......Page 117 Lightweight Hybrid Foam with Dimensional Stability......Page 124 Ceramic/Polymeric Hybrids with Reduced Coefficients of Thermal Expansion......Page 130 Dimension- and Direction-Controlled Gold Nanorods Deposited in Ordered Mesoporous Silica......Page 136 Heterogeneous Sol-Gel Systems – Derived Ceramics......Page 141 Smart Processing for Ceramics Structure Tectonics: Fabrication of Dielectric Micro Patterns for Artificial Photosynthesis in Terahertz Wave Regions by Using Stereolithography......Page 151 Clay Aerogel Composite Materials......Page 157 Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Hydroxyapatite......Page 162 New Methodology in Modeling Ceramics......Page 168 Influence of Binder on Porous Ceramic Properties Prepared by Polymeric Sponge Method......Page 174 Fabrication of Porous Silicon Nitride by Sacrificing Template Method......Page 180 Aluminum Oxide Ceramics Obtained by Commercial Starch Consolidation with Gradient Porosity......Page 185 Processing of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Fly Ash into an Environmentally Stable and Safe Material......Page 191 Solution Combustion as a Promising Method for the Synthesis of Nanomaterials......Page 197 Microwave Activated Combustion Synthesis and Compaction in Separate E and H Fields: Numerical Simulation and Experimental Results......Page 207 Use of Electrothermal Explosion and Electro-Thermal Analyser (ETA-100) for the Study the Kinetics of Fast High-Temperature Reactions in SHS-Ceramic Systems......Page 213 Simulation of Gasless Combustion of Mechanically Activated Solid Powder Mixtures......Page 223 Macrokinetics for Macrostructure Forming of a Product in Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis......Page 232 Past and Current Accomplishments in Production of Ceramic Powders and Structures by Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis Method......Page 238 Carbon Combustion Synthesis of Ceramic Oxide Nanopowders......Page 246 Double SHS of W2B5 Powder from CaWO4 and B2O3......Page 256 Production of Zirconium Diboride Powder by Self Propagating High Temperature Synthesis......Page 261 Utilization of NbC Nanoparticles Obtained by Reactive Milling in Production of Alumina Niobium Carbide Nanocomposites......Page 267 Composites Produced by SHS Method – Current Development and Future Trends......Page 273 Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of Iron- and Copper-Matrix Cermets......Page 283 Sintering and Hot-Pressing of Ti2AlC Obtained by SHS Process......Page 292 Catalytic Properties of the SHS Products - Review......Page 297 Porous SHS-Ceramics......Page 307 Mass-Forced SHS Technology of Ceramic Materials......Page 312 SHS Refractory Materials “Furnon” and their Practical Implementations in Kazakhstan and Russia......Page 322 The Potential of Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) Method for the Fabrication on an Industrial Scale of Functionally Graded Materials......Page 332 Comparison of Microwave and Conventional Sintering of LHA Ceramics and Functionally Graded Alumina-LHA Ceramics......Page 342 Fabrication of Functionally Graded ZTA Ceramics Using a Novel Combination of Freeze Casting and Electrophoretic Deposition......Page 350 Effects of Strain-Graded Plastic Deformation on Mechanical Properties of Metals......Page 358 Defect Crystal Structure of Low Temperature Modifications of Li2MO3 (M=Ti, Sn) and Related Hydroxides......Page 362 Atomic and Electronic Structure of Zinc and Copper Pyrovanadates with Negative Thermal Expansion......Page 368 Layered Alumina Ceramics with Porosity Steps......Page 374 Fabrication of Porous Intermetallic Thick Films by Metallic Powder-Liquid Reaction......Page 380 High-Strength Reaction-Sintered Silicon Carbide for Large-Scale Mirrors - Effect of Surface Oxide Layer on Bending Strength......Page 384 Development of Functionally Graded Coating Based Plasma Facing Materials for Fusion Reactor......Page 393 Relationship Between Microstructure and Hardness of ZrN/TiN Multi-Layers with Various Bilayer Thicknesses......Page 402 Mechanical Properties of Si3N4-SiC Composites Sintered by HPHT Method......Page 406 Effect of the Hydrothermal Heat Treatment Conditions of Titanium Substrates on the Bio-Mimetically Grown “Bone-Like” Apatite Coatings......Page 412 Highly Porous Hydroxyapatite Ceramics for Engineering Applicatios......Page 418 Lithium Disilicate Glass-Ceramic Obtained from Rice Husk-Based Silica......Page 424 Reactive Milling and Mechanical Alloying in Electroceramics......Page 430 Crystal Growth of Calcite Nano-Plate by Alternate Soaking Method, Using CDS Crystals......Page 435 Keywords Index......Page 441 Authors Index......Page 445