The American Ceramic Society Bulletin
Emerging Ceramics & Glass Technology

Past Issues
December 2000 - Volume 79, No. 12
Manufacturing/Engineering Features

Profiles in Ceramics: Rustum Roy
Kathy L. Woodard

Performance Testing of Tabletop Products
Performance testing has evolved from simple product reliability measurement to highly technical product analysis.
D. Stevens

Fabrication of a Surface Pattern in Zirconia
Advantages and limitations of three fabrication methods are shown and compared.
U.P. Schonholzer, F. Filser, P. Kocher and L.J. Gauckler

What Rustum Roy Could Teach Vannevvar Bush
It is possible to tear down the wall between basic and applied research with partnerships among academia, industry and government.
P.G. Gaffney

Pressure Casting with Robots
Progress achieved over the last few years in areas of automation and powered control has had a great effect on making machines more user friendly.
Jacques Ronger

Effect of Silica and Temperature on Spinel-Based High-Alumina Castables
Results of the work carried out on Al2O3 ULCC shows the effect of SiO2 on in situ spinel formation and its Al2O3 content when fired at different temperatures.
P. Nandi, A. Grag, B.D. Chattoraj and M. Mukhopadhyay