Meet the editors

Prof. Dra. Dolores Eliche Quesada is an associate professor of the Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Area of the University of Jaén (Spain), a chemical engineer in the University of Granada (Spain), and has a PhD in Sciences from the University of Malaga (Spain). Her scientific activity has focused on materials science and technology, and in particular on the development of new sustainable materials

through the valorization of industrial waste and biomass for the construction sector, the characterization of raw materials, the determination of the properties of ceramic materials, and the innovation of products. She is the author of 45 scientific publications indexed mostly in the first quartile of the ISI, and 10 book chapters, as well as more than 100 contributions to national and international scientific conferences.

Prof. Dr. Luis Pérez Villarejo is an associate professor of the Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Area of the University of Jaén (Spain), a chemical engineer at the University of Jaén (Spain), a materials engineer at the University of Almería. He has an MSc in Science and Technology of New Materials from the University of Seville and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Jaén. His research is focused on the study of ceramic materials from industrial

by-products and the study of their properties, geopolymeric and cementitious systems, ceramic foams, as well as nanomaterials. He is the author of 32 scientific publications indexed mostly in the first quartile of the ISI, and 14 book chapters, as well as almost 100 contributions to national and international scientific conferences.

Dr. Pedro J. Sánchez-Soto is a research scientist at CSIC. He has an MSci (1982), Degree (1985), and PhD in Chemistry (1990) from the University of Sevilla (Spain). He is also a postdoctoral researcher (1990–1991) at the University of Florida (USA). He joined the ICMS in 1992 as a tenured scientist of CSIC, being appointed a research scientist in 2007. He has conducted several research projects and published more than 200 SCI articles, book chapters,

books, and other non-SCI articles. He has supervised six PhD theses. He is the coeditor or author of more than 10 books and 10 patents. His main research interests are the processing of ceramics, raw materials and vitreous ceramics, including clays and cultural heritage, and the relationships between their microstructure and properties. He is a member of several scientific societies (American Ceramic Society) and an associate editor of *w .*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 7** The Use of Ceramic Waste Powder (CWP) in Making Eco-Friendly Concretes

**Chapter 3 43**

**Chapter 4 59**

**Chapter 5 79**

Synthesis of High-Purity Ceramic Nano-Powders Using Dissolution Method *by Suminar Pratapa, Ella A.D. Kiswanti, Dien R. Diana,Yufi Hariyani, Lisma D.K. Sari, Musyarofah Musyarofah, Triwikantoro Triwikantoro* 

Plasma Resistance Evaluation and Characteristics of Yttria Ceramics

Impedance Spectroscopy: A Powerful Technique for Study of Electronic

*by Shukdev Pandey, Devendra Kumar, Om Parkash and Lakshman Pandey*

Introductory Chapter: Ceramic Materials - Synthesis, Characterization,

*by Dolores Eliche-Quesada,Luis Pérez-Villarejo and Pedro José Sánchez-Soto*

*by Amr S. El-Dieb, Mahmoud R. Taha and Samir I. Abu-Eishah*

Applications and Recycling

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*and Malik A. Baqiya*

*by Jin Sam Choi*

Ceramics

Sintered by Using Calcination Yttria
