1. Characterization of nearly stoichiometric SiC ceramic fibres

   • S. M. Dong
   • G. Chollon
   • D. L. Jiang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2371 - 2381

2. Fine spherical particles of narrow size distribution in the Cr2O3-Al2O3 system

   • E. Lopez-Navarrete
   • M. Ocaña

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2383 - 2389

3. Weibull modulus of fracture strength of toughened ceramics subjected to small-scale contacts

   • Jianghong Gong
   • Wenjie Si
   • Zhenduo Guan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2391 - 2396

4. Colloidal processing of lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics

   • Jeong-Min Cho
   • Fatih Dogan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2397 - 2403

5. Divalent ion uptake of heavy metal cations by (aluminum + alkali metals) – substituted synthetic 1.1 nm-tobermorites

   • E. I. Al-Wakeel
   • S. A. El-Korashy
   • M. A. Rizk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2405 - 2415

6. Material characterisation and mechanical properties of Al2O3-Al metal matrix composites

   • B. G. Park
   • A. G. Crosky
   • A. K. Hellier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2417 - 2426

7. Hardness and elastic properties of Bi2O3-based glasses

   • T. Watanabe
   • K. Muratsubaki
   • T. Komatsu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2427 - 2433

8. An amorphous ceramic Al32.4Er7.6O60 fiber with large viscous flow deformation and a high-strength nanocrystallized ceramic fiber

   • Y. Waku
   • H. Ohtsubo
   • A. Inoue

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2435 - 2440

9. The oxidation of SiC particles and its interfacial characteristics in Al-matrix composite

   • Zhongliang Shi
   • Shojiro Ochiai
   • Renjie Wu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2441 - 2449

10. Microstructures associated with stress relaxation around indentations in Y and Nd based melt textured ceramic superconductors

    • A. Proult
    • P. D. Tall
    • J. Rabier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2451 - 2459

11. Synthesis of acicular iron oxide nanoparticles and their dispersion in a polymer matrix

    • K. E. Gonsalves
    • H. Li
    • P. Santiago

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2461 - 2471

12. In vivo biocompatibility of radiation induced acrylamide and acrylamide/maleic acid hydrogels

    • D. Saraydin
    • E. Koptagel
    • O. Güven

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2473 - 2481

13. A new method to evaluate material fatigue behavior

    • Gang Qi
    • Eng Teik Ng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2483 - 2489

14. The effect of anelasticity and phase transformation on crack growth in Y-TZP ceramics

    • M. Matsuzawa
    • F. Sato
    • S. Horibe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2491 - 2497

15. Kinetic study on the surface oxidation of the molten Mg-9Al-0.5Zn-0.3Be alloy

    • X. Q. Zeng
    • Q. D. Wang
    • X. P. Xu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2499 - 2504

16. Mixed-mode fracture characteristics of a laminated metal matrix composite

    • S. B. Biner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2505 - 2510

17. Reactivity of layered vanadium pentoxide hydrate with ultrafine metal oxide, TiO2 and ZrO2, particles in an aqueous system

    • S. Kittaka
    • K. Matsuno
    • M. Fukuhara

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2511 - 2522

18. Pore structure of porous ceramics synthesized from water-based slurry by freeze-dry process

    • T. Fukasawa
    • Z.-Y. Deng
    • Y. Goto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2523 - 2527

19. Effect of whisker aspect ratio on the density and fracture toughness of SiC whisker-reinforced Si3N4

    • P. R. Sneary
    • Z. Yeh
    • M. J. Crimp

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2529 - 2534

20. WO3 thin film prepared by PECVD technique and its gas sensing properties to NO2

    • Maosong Tong
    • Guorui Dai
    • Dingsan Gao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2535 - 2538

21. Ac conductivity of BaTiO3 containing (90V2O5-10P2O5) oxide glasses dispersed with nanocrystalline particles

    • D. K. Modak
    • U. K. Mandal
    • T. Komatsu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2539 - 2545

22. Corrosion behaviour of some stainless steel alloys in molten alkali carbonates (I)

    • S. A. Salih
    • A. N. El-Masri
    • A. M. Baraka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2547 - 2555

23. Ultrasonic study of the temperature and pressure dependences of the elastic properties of β-silicon nitride ceramic

    • S. P. Dodd
    • M. Cankurtaran
    • B. James

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2557 - 2563

24. Spectroscopic investigations of CdS nanoparticles in sol-gel derived polymeric thin films and bulk silica matrices

    • B. Capoen
    • T. Gacoin
    • M. Bouazaoui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2565 - 2570

25. Helium gas-sensing behaviour of iron-tellurite glasses

    • H. Sakata
    • T. Kikuchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2571 - 2574

26. Microstructure and mechanical properties of barium aluminosilicate glass-ceramic matrix composites reinforced with SiC whiskers

    • F. Ye
    • Y. Zhou
    • L. T. Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2575 - 2580

27. Sintering and crystallisation of a P2O5-added Li2O-ZrO2-SiO2 glass powder system

    • A. P. Novaes De Oliveira
    • T. Manfredini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2581 - 2587