Contents

### **Preface XIII**

	- Mikhail Korobeynikov, Aleksei Bryazgin, Andrei Arzhannikov, Petr Kalinin, Oleg Smorygo and Manfred Thumm

Contents VII

Chapter 16 **Sintering and Characterization of Rare Earth Doped Bismuth Titanate Ceramics** 

and Srimala Sreekantan

Chapter 17 **High Pressure Sintering of WC-10Co** 

**Part 5 Conventional Sintering 399** 

Chapter 18 **Mechanisms of Microstructure**

**Prepared by Soft Combustion Synthesis 357** Umar Al-Amani Azlan, Warapong Krengvirat, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Noor, Khairunisak Abd. Razak

C.M.F.G. Marques, G.S. Bobrovnitchii and J.N.F Holanda

**Doped with Rare-Earth Elements 379**

**Control in Conventional Sintering 401**  Adriana Scoton Antonio Chinelatto, Elíria Maria de Jesus Agnolon Pallone,

Chapter 19 **Two-Step Sintering Applied to Ceramics 423** 

Rubens Maribondo do Nascimento,

Chapter 20 **Ba1-XSrXTiO3 Ceramics Synthesized by** 

**Part 6 Superconducting Ceramics 467** 

Irene Barrios de Arenas

Chapter 23 **Sintering to Transparency of** 

Zongqing Ma and Yongchang Liu

**Part 7 Dielectrics and Opto-Electronic Materials 499**

**Polycrystalline Ceramic Materials 527** 

**Sintering on the Dielectric Properties of Alumina 553**

Si Ahmed Abderrahmane, Damamme Gilles and Kallel Ali

Chapter 22 **Reactive Sintering of Aluminum Titanate 501** 

Marta Suárez, Adolfo Fernández, Ramón Torrecillas and José L. Menéndez

Chapter 24 **Effects of the Microstructure Induced by**

Zarbout Kamel, Moya Gérard,

Chapter 21 **Sintering Process and Its** 

Ana Maria de Souza, Milena Kowalczuk Manosso, Adilson Luiz Chinelatto and Roberto Tomasi

Gislâine Bezerra Pinto Ferreira, José Ferreira da Silva Jr,

**an Alternative Solid-State Reaction Route 437** 

**Mechanism of MgB2 Superconductors 469** 

Uílame Umbelino Gomes and Antonio Eduardo Martinelli

R.A. Vargas-Ortíz, F.J. Espinoza-Beltrán and J. Muñoz-Saldaña

Chapter 8 **Effect of Magnetic Pulsed Compaction (MPC) on Sintering Behavior of Materials 159**  Soon-Jik Hong, Md. Raihanuzzaman Rumman and Chang Kyu Rhee

#### **Part 2 Bio-Ceramics 177**

	- **Part 3 Glass Ceramics / Composites 225**
	- **Part 4 Impregnation of Doping Materials 307**


Chapter 17 **High Pressure Sintering of WC-10Co Doped with Rare-Earth Elements 379**  C.M.F.G. Marques, G.S. Bobrovnitchii and J.N.F Holanda

#### **Part 5 Conventional Sintering 399**

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Chapter 7 **Sintering and Properties of Nb4AlC3 Ceramic 141**

**on Sintering Behavior of Materials 159** Soon-Jik Hong, Md. Raihanuzzaman Rumman

**Sintering of HA/ZrO2 Composites 179** 

Chunfeng Hu, Qing Huang, Yiwang Bao and Yanchun Zhou

**Pulsed Compaction (MPC)** 

and Chang Kyu Rhee

Cristina Vasconcelos

R. Narasimha Raghavan

Chapter 11 **Biocompatible Ceramic – Glass** 

Chapter 12 **Synthesis and Sintering Studies**

Chapter 13 **A Novel Approach to Develop** 

Chapter 14 **Effect of TiO2 Addition**

Vanja Martinac

Chapter 15 **The Role of Sintering in the** 

**of Magnesium Aluminum Silicate Glass Ceramic 251** 

Khalid Saeed, Syed-Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Arif and Ather Saeed

Gaelle Delaizir and Laurent Calvez

**Part 4 Impregnation of Doping Materials 307**

**on the Sintering Process of** 

Arunachalam Lakshmanan

**Part 3 Glass Ceramics / Composites 225**

**Composite – Manufacturing and** 

**Selected Physical – Mechanical Properties 227** Barbara Staniewicz–Brudnik and Małgorzata Lekka

Shahid-Khan Durrani, Muhammad-Ashraf Hussain,

**by Pulsed Current Electrical Sintering (PCES) 281**

**Chalcogenide Glasses and Glass-Ceramics**

**Magnesium Oxide from Seawater 309**

**Synthesis of Luminescence Phosphors 323** 

Chapter 10 **Ceramics in Dentistry 203**

Chapter 8 **Effect of Magnetic** 

**Part 2 Bio-Ceramics 177** 

Chapter 9 **New Challenges in the** 


Chapter 20 **Ba1-XSrXTiO3 Ceramics Synthesized by an Alternative Solid-State Reaction Route 437**  R.A. Vargas-Ortíz, F.J. Espinoza-Beltrán and J. Muñoz-Saldaña

#### **Part 6 Superconducting Ceramics 467**

	- **Part 7 Dielectrics and Opto-Electronic Materials 499**
