September 2000 - Volume 79, No. 9 Manufacturing/Engineering Features
Profiles
in Ceramics: Peter C. Schultz
Peter Schultz's work in doped fused-silica glasses and their applications in
optical fiber has impacted not only telecommunication systems throughout the
world, but also telecommunications technology over the decades. The co-inventor
of this breakthrough fiber in 1972, Schultz has held research scientist, managerial
and leadership roles before taking the presidency at Heraeus Amersil Inc. in
1988. Kathy L. Woodard
Applications, Markets Expand
for Piezoelectric Ceramics
The growing acceptance of piezoelectric ceramics stems from their high piezoelectric
activity, high permissivity and the ease with which the material is fabricated
into a variety of sizes and shapes. The 2000 market is estimated to be $207 million. Thomas Abraham
Copper End Termination Materials for BME Capacitors
Examples demonstrate the effects of vehicle selection, copper powder selection
and glass selection on the ink rheology, fired termination density and capacitance
variation of copper end terminals B. Timothy Bassler and David J. Malanga
Ferro Celebrates New Vista Facility
New Developments in Electrolytic Deposition of Ceramic Films
Electrolytic deposition is a new technique in ceramic processing, the full potential
of which is only beginning to be recognized. Among the new developments is cathodic
electrolytic deposition. I. Zhitomirsky
Fabricating Transparent Ceramics by Microwave Sintering
A microwave sintering process demonstrates that fully dense and highly transparent
ceramics can be made at lower temperatures and in a shorter time frame than required
by a conventional sintering process Jiping Cheng, Dinesh Agrawal, Yujin Zhang, Bill Drawl and Rustum Roy
Zero-Cement, High-Alumina Castables
Self-flow, zero-cement, high-alumina castables with low water content were obtained
using either alumina or alumina/microsilica mixtures as fine powders. M.V. Gerotto, A.R. Studart, R.G. Pileggi and V.C. Pandolfelli
U.S. Glass Industry Comes Together for Success
Creation of GMIC could not have been better timed-competition was squeezing profit
margins, research budgets had dropped to 1% of sales and all research had to
translate directly to the bottom line. Michael Greenman
Sintering Behavior of Glass-Ceramic Frits
Combining DTA and HEMA data may provide a simple and quick method for describing
the sintering/crystallization process with different glass compositions. Cristina Siligardi, Maria Cristina D'Arrigo And Cristina Leonelli
