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Book Development of Ceramic Composite Hot gas Filters

Download or read book Development of Ceramic Composite Hot gas Filters written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Development of Ceramic Composite Hot gas Filters

Download or read book Development of Ceramic Composite Hot gas Filters written by Roddie R. Judkins and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress & Exposition, Houston, Texas - June 5-8, 1995.

Book 3 D Woven Ceramic Composite Hot Gas Filter Development

Download or read book 3 D Woven Ceramic Composite Hot Gas Filter Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westinghouse, with Techniweave as a major subcontractor, is conducting a three-phase program aimed at providing advanced candle filters for a 1997 pilot-scale demonstration in one of the two hot- gas filter systems at Southern Company Service's Wilsonville PSD Facility. The Base Program (Phases I and 11) goal is to develop and demonstrate the suitability of the Westinghouse/ Techniweave next- generation, composite, candle filter for use in Pressurized Fluidized- Bed Combustion (PFBC) and/or Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle (IGCC) power generation systems. The Optional Task (Phase 111, Task 5) objective is to fabricate, inspect, and ship to Wilsonville 50 advanced candle filters for pilot-scale testing.

Book Novena de S  Cayetano    Tiene  fundador de los clerigos regulares  eficaz para alcan  ar de Dios N S  lo que se le pidiere  si se conviene a su mayor gloria

Download or read book Novena de S Cayetano Tiene fundador de los clerigos regulares eficaz para alcan ar de Dios N S lo que se le pidiere si se conviene a su mayor gloria written by Miguel Díaz Cueva and published by . This book was released on 1688 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Novel Oxide Oxide Fiber Reinforced Hot Gas Filter Development

Download or read book Novel Oxide Oxide Fiber Reinforced Hot Gas Filter Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the fabrication and testing of continuous fiber ceramic composites (CFCC) based hot gas filters. The work was divided into two primary tasks. In the first task, a preliminary set of compositions was fabricated in the form of open end tubes and characterized. The results of the first task were then used to identify the most promising compositions for sub-scale fabrication and testing. In addition to laboratory measurements of permeability and strength, exposure testing in a coal combustion environment was performed to assess the thermo-chemical stability of the CFCC materials. The results of this testing were then used to down-select the filter composition for full-scale filter fabrication and testing in the optional Phase II of the program.

Book Handbook of Ceramic Composites

Download or read book Handbook of Ceramic Composites written by Narottam P. Bansal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-08-25 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable handbook has been compiled by internationally renowned researchers in the field. Each chapter is focused on a specific composite system or a class of composites, presenting a detailed description of processing, properties, and applications.

Book 24th Annual Conference on Composites  Advanced Ceramics  Materials  and Structures   A  Volume 21  Issue 3

Download or read book 24th Annual Conference on Composites Advanced Ceramics Materials and Structures A Volume 21 Issue 3 written by Todd Jessen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is part of the Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding (CESP) series. This series contains a collection of papers dealing with issues in both traditional ceramics (i.e., glass, whitewares, refractories, and porcelain enamel) and advanced ceramics. Topics covered in the area of advanced ceramic include bioceramics, nanomaterials, composites, solid oxide fuel cells, mechanical properties and structural design, advanced ceramic coatings, ceramic armor, porous ceramics, and more.

Book Fracture Behavior of Advanced Ceramic Hot Gas Filters

Download or read book Fracture Behavior of Advanced Ceramic Hot Gas Filters written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the results of mechanical/microstructural evaluation, thermal shock/fatigue testing, and stress analyses of advanced hot-gas filters obtained from different manufacturers. These filters were fabricated from both monolithic ceramics and composites. The composite filters, made of both oxide and nonoxide materials, were in both as-fabricated and exposed conditions, whereas the monolithic filters were made only of nonoxide materials. Mechanical property measurement of composite filters included diametral compression testing with O-ring specimens and burst-testing of short filter segments with rubber plugs. In-situ strength of fibers in the composite filters was evaluated by microscopic technique. Thermal shock/fatigue resistance was estimated by measuring the strengths of filter specimens before and after thermal cycling from an air environment at elevated temperatures to a room temperature oil bath. Filter performance during mechanical and thermal shock/fatigue loadings was correlated with microstructural observations. Micromechanical models were developed to derive properties of composite filter constituents on the basis of measured mechanical properties of the filters. Subsequently, these properties were used to analytically predict the performance of composite filters during thermal shock loading.

Book 25th Annual Conference on Composites  Advanced Ceramics  Materials  and Structures   B  Volume 22  Issue 4

Download or read book 25th Annual Conference on Composites Advanced Ceramics Materials and Structures B Volume 22 Issue 4 written by Mrityunjay Singh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is part of the Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding (CESP) series. This series contains a collection of papers dealing with issues in both traditional ceramics (i.e., glass, whitewares, refractories, and porcelain enamel) and advanced ceramics. Topics covered in the area of advanced ceramic include bioceramics, nanomaterials, composites, solid oxide fuel cells, mechanical properties and structural design, advanced ceramic coatings, ceramic armor, porous ceramics, and more.

Book Fabrication of Full scale Fiber reinforced Hot gas Filters by Chemical Vapor Depostion  Final Report  November 1  1994    December 32  1995

Download or read book Fabrication of Full scale Fiber reinforced Hot gas Filters by Chemical Vapor Depostion Final Report November 1 1994 December 32 1995 written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overall goal of this contract and its extensions has been to develop a hot gas candle filter which is light weight, has a thin wall, resists mechanical and thermal shock, and is resistive to alkali attack. A ceramic fiber reinforced, ceramic matrix composite approach has been followed to fabricate this new candle filter. Past reports covered the first test results of two ceramic composite candle filters at the Westinghouse Science and Technology Center in March of 1993, subsequent improvements made in the filters construction and fabrication processing, and the testing of six improved full size, 60 mm diameter by 1575 mm length, filters that met or exceeded performance requirements set for them. Completion of the 172 hours of simulated PFBC testing and thermal transients plus maintaining less than 4 ppm clean side ash concentration provided a basis for moving to the next step of testing in the Tidd PFBCC Demonstration Project. In this contract extension 3M fabricated 110 filters to be used for tests in demonstration power plant facilities and other tests that become available. The filters were tested to meet all quality assurance specifications and inventoried for Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL. The filters are being shipped to various industrial, university, and national laboratory test facilities as requested by ORNL. Ten ceramic composite filters were installed in December, 1994 in the Tidd PFBC Demonstration Project filter vessel for their test period No. 5. Five filters were installed in a top cluster and five in a bottom cluster. The filters were removed in May 1995 after operating for 1 1 1 0 hours in a temperature range of 760°C to 843°C, with 80% of the run above 815°C.

Book ADVANCED HOT GAS FILTER DEVELOPMENT

Download or read book ADVANCED HOT GAS FILTER DEVELOPMENT written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the fabrication and testing of continuous fiber ceramic composite (CFCC) based hot gas filters. The fabrication approach utilized a modified filament winding method that combined both continuous and chopped fibers into a novel microstructure. The work was divided into five primary tasks. In the first task, a preliminary set of compositions was fabricated in the form of open end tubes and characterized. The results of this task were used to identify the most promising compositions for sub-scale filter element fabrication and testing. In addition to laboratory measurements of permeability and strength, exposure testing in a coal combustion environment was performed to asses the thermo-chemical stability of the CFCC materials. Four candidate compositions were fabricated into sub-scale filter elements with integral flange and a closed end. Following the 250 hour exposure test in a circulating fluid bed combustor, the retained strength ranged from 70 t 145 percent of the as-fabricated strength. The post-test samples exhibited non-catastrophic failure behavior in contrast to the brittle failure exhibited by monolithic materials. Filter fabrication development continued in a filter improvement and cost reduction task that resulted in an improved fiber architecture, the production of a net shape flange, and an improved low cost bond. These modifications were incorporated into the process and used to fabricate 50 full-sized filter elements for testing in demonstration facilities in Karhula, Finland and at the Power Systems Development Facility (PSDF) in Wilsonville, AL. After 581 hours of testing in the Karhula facility, the elements retained approximately 87 percent of their as-fabricated strength. In addition, mechanical response testing at Virginia Tech provided a further demonstration of the high level of strain tolerance of the vacuum wound filter elements. Additional testing in the M.W. Kellogg unit at the PSDF has accumulated over 1800 hours of coal firing at temperatures of 760 °C including a severe thermal upset that resulted in the failure of several monolithic oxide elements. No failures of any kind have been reported for the MTI CFCC elements in either of these test campaigns. Additional testing is planned at the M.W. Kellogg unit and Foster Wheeler unit at the PSDF over the next year in order to qualify for consideration for the Lakeland PCFB. Process scale-up issues have been identified and manufacturing plans are being evaluated to meet the needs of future demand.

Book Development of NDE Methods for Hot Gas Filters

Download or read book Development of NDE Methods for Hot Gas Filters written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ceramic hot gas candle filters are currently under development for hot gas particulate cleanup in advanced coal-based power systems. The ceramic materials for these filters include nonoxide monolithic, nonoxide-fiber-reinforced composites, and nonoxide reticulated foam. A concern is the lack of reliable data on which to base decisions for reusing or replacing hot gas filters during plant shutdowns. The work in this project is aimed at developing nondestructive evaluation (FIDE) technology to allow detection, and determination of extent, of life-limiting characteristics such as thermal fatigue, oxidation, damage from ash bridging such as localized cracking, damage from local burning, and elongation at elevated temperature. Although in-situ NDE methods are desirable in order to avoid disassembly of the candle filter vessels, the current vessel designs, the presence of filter cakes and possible ash bridging, and the state of NDE technology prevent this. Candle filter producers use a variety of NDE methods to ensure as-produced quality. While impact acoustic resonance offers initial promise for examining new as-produced filters and for detecting damage in some monolithic filters when removed from service, it presents difficulties in data interpretation, it lacks localization capability, and its applicability to composites has yet to be demonstrated. Additional NDE technologies being developed and evaluated in this program and whose applicability to both monolithics and composites has been demonstrated include (a) full-scale thermal imaging for analyzing thermal property variations; (b) fret, high-spatial-resolution X-ray imaging for detecting density variations and dimensional changes; (c) air-coupled ultrasonic methods for determining through-thickness compositional variations; and (d) acoustic emission technology with mechanical loading for detecting localized bulk damage. New and exposed clay-bonded SiC filters and CVI-SiC composite filters have been tested with these additional NDE methods.

Book Method of Making a Continuous Ceramic Fiber Composite Hot Gas Filter

Download or read book Method of Making a Continuous Ceramic Fiber Composite Hot Gas Filter written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ceramic fiber composite structure particularly suitable for use as a hot gas cleanup ceramic fiber composite filter and method of making same from ceramic composite material has a structure which provides for increased strength and toughness in high temperature environments. The ceramic fiber composite structure or filter is made by a process in which a continuous ceramic fiber is intimately surrounded by discontinuous chopped ceramic fibers during manufacture to produce a ceramic fiber composite preform which is then bonded using various ceramic binders. The ceramic fiber composite preform is then fired to create a bond phase at the fiber contact points. Parameters such as fiber tension, spacing, and the relative proportions of the continuous ceramic fiber and chopped ceramic fibers can be varied as the continuous ceramic fiber and chopped ceramic fiber are simultaneously formed on the porous vacuum mandrel to obtain a desired distribution of the continuous ceramic fiber and the chopped ceramic fiber in the ceramic fiber composite structure or filter.

Book Ceramic Fiber Ceramic Matrix Filter Development

Download or read book Ceramic Fiber Ceramic Matrix Filter Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objectives of this project were to develop a novel type of candle filter based on a ceramic fiber-ceramic matrix composite material, and to extend the development to full-size, 60-mm OD by 1-meter-long candle filters. The goal is to develop a ceramic filter suitable for use in a variety of fossil energy system environments such as integrated coal gasification combined cycles (IGCC), pressurized fluidized-bed combustion (PFBC), and other advanced coal combustion environments. Further, the ceramic fiber ceramic matrix composite filter, hereinafter referred to as the ceramic composite filter, was to be inherently crack resistant, a property not found in conventional monolithic ceramic candle filters, such as those fabricated from clay-bonded silicon carbide. Finally, the adequacy of the filters in the fossil energy system environments is to be proven through simulated and in-plant tests.

Book 23nd Annual Conference on Composites  Advanced Ceramics  Materials  and Structures   A

Download or read book 23nd Annual Conference on Composites Advanced Ceramics Materials and Structures A written by Ersan Ustundag and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Pt. B/no. 4]. Characterization of in-situ BN interface formed by nitridation of Nextel 312 / Frances I. Hurwitz, John Riehl, John Madsen, Terry R. McCue, Darwin L. Boyd -- Simulation of progressive damage for high temperature woven composites / Jacob Fish, Qing Yu, Durell Wildman -- Surface finish and composition dependence of valvetrain friction with silicon nitride tappet inserts / G.M. Crosbie, R.L. Allor, A. Gangopadhyay, D. McWatt, P. Willermet -- Functionally graded materials for gun barrels / P.J. Huang, C. Hubbard, J.J. Swab, M.W. Cole, S. Sampath, S. Depalo, J. Gutleber, A. Kulkarni, J. Margolies -- Development of a CMC thrust chamber / T. Nakamura, H. Murata, N. Matuda, F. Tomioka, S. Nishide, S. Masaki -- Design and characterisation of a co-extruder / Z. Liang, S. Blackburn -- Scale-up of APCVD uniform ceramic coating of tubular inner surfaces via process modeling / Terence J. Clark -- Joining techniques for fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites / A.S. Fareed, C.C. Cropper, B.R. Rossing -- Microwave joining of Al2O3-ZrO2 composites / S. Aravindan, R. Krishnamurthy -- Transparent armor ceramics : AlON and spinel / Jeffrey J. Swab, Jerry C. Lasalvia, Gary A. Gilde, Parimal J. Patel, Matthew J. Motyka -- Modeling the oxidation kinetics of continuous carbon fibers in a ceramic matrix / Michael C. Halbig, James D. Cawley -- Mechanisms of low temperature environmental effects on transformation-toughened zirconia ceramics / Zhenbo Zhao, Derek O. Northwood -- Oxidative pest degradation of Hi-Nicalon/BN/SiC composite as a function of temperature and time in the burner rig / Linus U.J.T. Ogbuji -- Interphase oxidation in SiC/SiC composites at varying partial pressures of oxygen / L.A. Giannuzzi, C.A. Lewinsohn -- Effects of particulate debris morphology on the rolling wear behavior of all-steel and Si3N4-steel bearing element couples / David J. Mitchell, John J. Mecholsky Jr., James H. Adair -- A comparative study of the tensile, fatigue, and creep properties of sintered (SNW-1000 and GS-44) and HIPed (PY-6) silicon nitride ceramics / Jag Sankar, Gautam Choudhury, Quiming Wei, Varun Vijayrao, Ajit D. Kelkar -- Modeling ceramic composite hot gas candle filter material using energy method / X. Huang, R.H. Carter, K.L. Reifsnider -- Experimental study of a ceramic hot gas candle filter material / R.H. Carter, X. Huang, K.L. Reifsnider -- Environmental effects of microstructural stability in SiC/SiC composites / Tamaki Shibayama, Guo Wei He, Heishichiro Takahashi, Yutai Katoh, Akira Kohyama -- Strength of masonry mortars under field exposure conditions / O.Z. Cebeci -- Research programs on material processing in high magnetic fields at Tsukuba Magnet Laboratory / Hitoshi Wada, Akira Fukuzawa, Hideyuki Ohtsuka, Takeshi Ohara, Haruo Abe, Tsukasa Kiyoshi -- Powder consolidation using dynamic magnetic compaction (DMC) process / Bhanu Chelluri -- Microwave induced combustion synthesis of ultrafine barium hexaferrite powders / S. Bhaduri, S.B. Bhaduri, J.B. Zanotti -- A comparison of annealing treatments of an oxide ceramic / M.S. Morrow, D.E. Schechter, R. Simandi, H.E. Huey, Q.S. Wang -- Synthesis of crystalline materials with high quality under short-time microgravity / Takeshi Okutani, Hideki Minagawa, Hideaki Nagai, Yoshinori Nakata, Masaaki Suzuki, Yoshiho Ito, Takashi Tsurue, Kazuyuki Ikezawa -- Auto ignition synthesis and microwave sintering of ZrO2-CaO / S.B. Bhaduri, S. Bhaduri, J.-G. Huang -- Reactive synthesis of dense FGMS in the Ti-B binary system / S. Bhaduri, S.B. Bhaduri -- Flight- and ground-based materials science programs at NASA / Donald C. Gillies -- Zero gravity sol-gel glass-metal composite production / Michelle Korwin, Kristin Lynch, William Lacourse -- Thermal shock behavior of single crystal oxide refractive concentrators for high temperature solar thermal propulsion / Dongming Zhu, Sung R. Choi, Nathan S. Jacobson, Robert A. Miller -- Inviscid melt spinning of mullite fibers / Brian S. Mitchell -- Growth and diameter control of Al2O3/Y3Al5O12, eutectic fiber by micro-pulling-down method and its high temperature strngth and thermal stability / A. Yoshikawa, K. Hasegawa, T. Fukuda, K. Suzuki, Y. Waku -- Development of SiC-based layered composites with rare-earth silicate layers / Takayuki Fukasawa, Masahiro Kato, Yasuhiro Goto, Shoko Suyama, Tsuneji Kameda -- Lanthane aluminate thermal barrier coating / G.W. Schafer, R. Gadow -- Recent advancement of Tyranno/SiC composites R & D / T. Nakayasu, M. Sato, T. Yamamura, K. Okamura, Y. Katoh, A. Kohyama -- Fabrication of high performance SiC/SiC composite by polymer impregnation and pyrolysis method / Masaki Kotani, Akira Kohyama, Kiyohito Okamura, Takahiro Inoue -- Highly cross-linked precursors to silicon carbide / Takashi Iseki, Masaki Narisawa, Kiyohito Okamura, Kunio Oka, Takaaki Dohmaru -- Microstructural stability of SiC/SiC composites under dual-beam ion irradiation / Yutai Katoh, Tatsuya Hinoki, Akira Kohyama, Tamaki Shibayama, Heishichiro Takahashi -- High energy plasma ceramic coating optimization / Michael Quint, Howard Kopech -- Design of a laser CVD rapid prototyping system / Chad E. Duty, Daniel L. Jean, W. Jack Lackey -- Corrosion-resistant CVD mullite coatings for Si3N4 / J.A. Haynes, K.M. Cooley, D.P. Stinton, R.A. Lowden, W.Y. Lee -- High temperature corrosion of oxide-coated SiC in water vapor atmosphere / Nobuhiko Yunoki, Satoshi Kitaoka, Hiroshi Kawamoto -- Bending properties of CVI SiCf/SiC composites at elevated temperatures / Hiroshi Araki, Wen Yang, Ying Shi, Shinji Sato, Tetsuji Noda, Akira Kohyama -- Stress-rupture of new Tyranno Si-C-O-Zr fiber reinforced minicomposites / Gregory N. Morscher -- Thermal stabilities of CVI SiCf/SiC composites / Tetsuji Noda, Hiroshi Araki, Wen Yang, Akira Kohyama -- Thermal expansion characteristics of coated fiber composites / Rajeev Krishnan, Ajit D. Kelkar, J. Sankar -- The effect of heat treatment on thermal and strength properties of SiC fiber prepared from activated carbon fiber / J. Shimizu, K. Okada, T. Watabe, K. Nakajima -- Optimization and scale-up of Si-N-O fiber synthesis / A. Vital, H.C. Ewing, U. Vogt, L. Reh -- The properties of ceramic laminates / W.J. Clegg, G. Andrees, E. Carlström, R. Lundberg, A. Kristoffersson, R. Meistring, E. Menessierg, A. Schoberth -- Shock compaction of the titanium-silicon ternary carbide (Ti3SiC2) powders / Jennifer L. Jordan, Naresh N. Thadhani -- Submicrometer cutting tools on the basis of Al2O3 for machining alloyed hard cast iron and hardened steel / Andreas Krell, Paul Blank, Lutz-Michael Berger, Volkmar Richter -- High temperature properties and creep resistance of near-stoichiometric SiC fibers / H. Serizawa, C.A. Lewinsohn, G.E. Youngblood, R.H. Jones, D.E. Johnston, A. Kohyama -- Creep response of fiber reinforced ceramic composites / U. Anandakumar, Raj N. Singh -- The multiaxial strength of tungsten carbide / Jonathan Salem, Michael Adams -- Hot pressing of mixtures of alumina/zirconia powders -- Karl Jakus, Kabir Bhatia, John E. Ritter -- Gas pressure sintering silicon nitride ceramics using rare earth and transition metal as sintering aids / A.J.N. Dias, J. Duailibi Fh, C.A. Vilardo, T.C. Silva, M.C.S. Nóbrega -- Reduced cost, improved F.O.D. resistance and improved attachments for insertion of silicon nitride turbomachinery components / A.C. Jones -- Advanced silicon nitride components : a cost analysis / Julie M. Schoenung, Edwin H. Kraft, Daniel Ashkin -- Surface compressive coatings for improved F.O.D. resistant silicon nitride / Daniel Ashkin, Jack A. Rubin, Dinesh K. Shetty, Jun Xi -- Copper/gallium amalgam : a material for joining ceramics and metals / M. Heim, J.E. Holowczak, L.A.B. Tessarotto, V.A. Greenhut -- Design, analysis and testing of ceramic components for an advanced military expendable turbojet engine / A.C. Jones -- Oil-less silicon nitride bearings for an advanced military expendable turbojet engine / George W. Hosang, Daniel Ashkin, Dinesh K. Shetty -- CMC combustor with a thick thermal protection system : a detailed stress analysis / J. Shi, P.D. Andrew -- Manufacturing and CMC-component development for brake disks in automotive applications / Rainer Gadow, Marcus Speicher -- A model of toughening in metal melt-infiltrated ceramic composites / William B. Hillig -- Fluid coating process for protective coatings of carbon fibers / R. Gadow, S. Kneip, G.W. Schäfer -- Diamond films on the leading edge / M.I. Mendelson -- Co-extrusion of solid oxide fuel cell functional elements / Z. Liang, S. Blackburn -- Manufacturing of aluminum nitride heat exchangers by ceramic injection molding / R. Fischer, R. Gadow, G.W. Schäfer.

Book 21st Annual Conference on Composites  Advanced Ceramics  Materials  and Structures   A  Volume 18  Issue 3

Download or read book 21st Annual Conference on Composites Advanced Ceramics Materials and Structures A Volume 18 Issue 3 written by J. P. Singh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is part of the Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding (CESP) series. This series contains a collection of papers dealing with issues in both traditional ceramics (i.e., glass, whitewares, refractories, and porcelain enamel) and advanced ceramics. Topics covered in the area of advanced ceramic include bioceramics, nanomaterials, composites, solid oxide fuel cells, mechanical properties and structural design, advanced ceramic coatings, ceramic armor, porous ceramics, and more.