Research and Markets: Progress in High Temperature Ceramic Advance the Structural-Aerospace, Propulsion-System, Defense, Nuclear, Thermal and Chemical Industries

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e04011/progress_in_high_t) has announced the addition of the "Progress in High Temperature Ceramics" report to their offering.

Advanced high-temperature materials are key players in the emerging new technologies which are pushing forward the structural-aerospace, propulsion-system, defense, nuclear, thermal and chemical industries. Accelerating efforts have been directed towards increasing the operating-temperature limits of existing material systems and developing new material compositions such as advanced ceramics, UHTCs, intermetallics and CMCs. Understanding and controlling the behavior of the microstructures and properties of such materials have become key elements in these research activities. Since processing may itself engender various unique microstructural configurations and properties, the routes taken when obtaining optimum structures are also of primordial importance.

In this special volume, an attempt has been made to present a large number of the more well-known ultra high-temperature ceramics, refractory borides and oxides; together with their composites, plus intermetallics and CMCs. The collection provides a pot-pourri of invaluable acquired experience, as well as a comprehensive portfolio of state-of-the-art processing techniques; all written by experts in their respective fields. Synthesis, processing and microstructure-property interrelationships are comprehensively explored for each of the systems chosen.

Key Topics Covered:

• The Study of Ignition Parameters for Energy Efficient Processing of High Temperature Non-Oxide Ceramics by the Micropyretic Synthesis Route
• Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis (SHS) of Advanced High-Temperature Ceramics
• Densification and High Temperature Deformation in Oxide Ceramics
• Mechanical, Thermal and Oxidation Behaviour of Zirconium Diboride Based Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Composites
• Processing of Refractory Metal Borides, Carbides and Nitrides
• Development of High Temperature TiB2-Based Ceramics
• Boron Rich Boron Carbide: An Emerging High Performance Material
• High Temperature Use Fractal Insulation Materials Utilizing Nano Particles
• Nanoscale Alumina-Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties
• Effect of Ductile and Brittle Phases on Deformation and Fracture Behaviour of Molybdenum and Niobium Silicide Based Composites
• Nitride & Oxy-Nitride Ceramics for High Temperature and Engineering Applications
• Vapour Phase Preparation and Characterisation of SiCf-SiC and Cf-SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites

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