Tatsuki Ohji, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Nagoya, Japan. Mrityunjay Singh, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, USA.

• Preface ix Introduction xiSeeds Innovation and Bearing Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics 1Katsutoshi KomeyaComparison of Microwave and Conventionally Sintered Yttria Doped Zirconia Ceramics and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Nanocomposites 17Mark R. Towler, Stuart Hampshire, Colin J. Reidy, Declan J. Curran, and Thomas J. FlemingRecent Developments in High Thermal Conductivity Silicon Nitride Ceramics 27You Zhou, Kiyoshi Hirao, Hideki Hyuga, and Dai KusanoMicrostructure Maps for Unidirectional Freezing of Particle Suspensions 35Rainer Oberacker, Thomas Waschkies, and Michael J. HoffmannInteractions of Si3N4-Based Ceramics in Water Environment Under Sub-Critical Conditions 45Pavol Sajgalik, Dagmar Galuskovä, Miroslav Hnatko, and Dusan GalusekSmart Recycling of Composite Materials 59Makio Naito, Hiroya Abe and Akira Kondo, Masashi Miura and Norifumi Isu, and Takahiro OhmuraHigh Thermal Conductivity and High Strength Sintered Reaction - Bonded Silicon Nitride Ceramics Fabricated by Using Low Grade Si Powder 67Dai Kusano, Shigeru Adachi, Gen Tanabe, Hideki Hyuga, You Zhou, and Kiyoshi HiraoElectrical Conductive CNT-Dispersed Si3N4 Ceramics with Double Percolation Structure 77Sara Yoshio, Junichi Tatami, Toru Wakihara, Tomohiro Yamakawa, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi MeguroFabrication of CNT-Dispersed Si3N4 Ceramics by Mechanical Dry Mixing Technique 83Atsushi Hashimoto, Sara Yoshio, Junichi Tatami, Hiromi Nakano, Toru Wakihara, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi MeguroJoining of Silicon Nitride Long Pipe by Local Heating 89Mikinori Hotta, Naoki Kondo, and Hideki KitaJoining of Silicon Nitride with Pyrex Glass by Microwave Local Heating 93Naoki Kondo, Hideki Hyuga, Mikinori Hotta, Hideki Kita, and Kiyoshi HiraoMechanical Properties of Chemical Bonded Phosphate Ceramics with Fly Ash as Filler 97H. A. Colorado, C. Daniel, C. Hiel, H. T. Hahn, and J. M. YangCeramics Micro Processing of Photonic Crystals: Geometrical Patterning of Tiania Dispersed Polymer for Terahertz Wave Control 109Soshu Kirihara, Satoko Tasaki, Toshiki Niki, and Noritoshi OhtaIntergranular Properties and Structural Fractal Analysis of BaTiO3-Ceramics Doped by Rare Earth Additives 121V. V. Mitic, V. Pavlovic, V. Paunovic, J. Purenovic, Lj. Kocic, S. Jankovic, I. Antolovic, and D. RancicDevelopment of Numerical Method for Evaluating Microstructural Fracture in Smart Materials 133Hisashi Serizawa, Tsuyoshi Hajima, Seigo Tomiyama, and Hidekazu MurakawaFabrication of Ceramic Dental Crowns by Using Stereolithography and Powder Sintering Process 141Satoko Tasaki, Soshu Kirihara, and Taiji SoumuraLarge-Sized Structural Ceramic Manufacturing by the Shaping of Thixotropic Slurries 147Eugene MedvedovskiOriented Alumina Ceramics Prepared from Colloidal Processing in Magnetic Field 159Satoshi Tanaka, Atsushi Makiya, and Keizo UematsuDensification Mechanisms of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Based Amorphous Powders by Electric Current Assisted Sintering Process 165Tatsuo Kumagai and Kazuhiro HongoMicrostructure Control of Si3N4 Ceramics Using Nanocomposite Particles Prepared by Dry Mechanical Treatment 177Junichi Tatami, Makoto Noguchi, Hiromi Nakano, Toru Wakihara, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi MeguroAuthor Index 183

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