Advanced Ceramics

Net-Shaped Nanoceramics
A. Akash, B. Nair, M. Wilson, Q. Zhao and J. Persson
Ceramatec Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah

A novel castable nanomaterial has been developed by Ceramatec that can be used commercially as fiber-optic ferrules, microreactors, MEMS, thermal insulators, filtration devices and gas-separation membranes.

Counterflow Reaction Penetration of a Dense Ceramic Insert
V. Kevorkijan
Independent Researching plc, Maribor, Slovenia

Multilayered ceramic–metal composites were made by counterflow reactive penetration of a dense mullite/ZrO₂ preform with magnesium and aluminum–magnesium molten penetrants simultaneously in opposite directions.

High-Performance Static Dissipative Ceramics
Oh-Hun Kwon, Matthew Simpson, Richard Gorski, Christophe Coureau, David Woolley and Stanley Smith
Northboro R&D Center, Saint-Gobain High Performance Materials, Northboro, Mass.

NanoTools, Big Keys to a Small World

When Failure Is Not an Option: New Fatigue Test for Composites

Report Calls U.S. Leader in Nano R&D

MS&E—Issues, Opportunities, Future Directions

Construction Ceramics

Diamond Wet Polishing for Noncircular Designs

Glass & Optical Materials

Sintering and Crystallization of LZSA Glass Powder Compacts Formed by Injection Molding
L. Giassi, D. Hotza, O.E. Alarcon, M.C. Fredel and A.P. Novaes de Oliveira
Graduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

Powder injection molding of a glass-ceramic based on the LiO₂–ZrO₂–SiO₂–Al₂O₃ glass system results in a product with excellent mechanical and chemical properties.

Refractory Ceramics

Magnesia–Chrome Brick Wear Mechanism in Steelmaking Process
Dong-Hyun Kim, Suk-Hyun Yoo and Sung-Man Kim
Div. of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Chang-Soo Ha and Jong-Min Park
POSCO Co. Ltd., Korea

The mechanism of iron oxide attack of magnesia–chrome brick in the rotary-hearth top-oxygen-blowing steelmaking process as a function of carbon content in the melt is reported.

PCO Commissions Tunnel Kiln for High-Temp Refractories

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