Effect of CdO Addition on Microwave Dielectric Properties of Ba_xSr_1-xTiO₃ Ceramics

Eglal R. Souya, Aisha E. Reda, Wagdy N. Nour, Doaa A. Abdel Aziz

received February 13, 2010, received in revised form March 25, 2010, accepted April 11, 2010

Volume 1, Issue 19, Pages 41-50   DOI: 10.4416/JCST2010-00001

Keywords: microwave, dielectric properties, microstructure, SrO, BaO, TiO₂ and CdO

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Water Structure Changes within High Solids Loading Calcium Carbonate Slurries

Wolfgang M. Sigmund, Yi-Chung Wang, Joshua J. Taylor

received March 9, 2010, received in revised form May 24, 2010, accepted May 25, 2010

Volume 1, Issue 19, Pages 7-14   DOI: 10.4416/JCST2010-00003

Keywords: calcium carbonate, slurry, water structure, adsorption, dispersion, sodium polyacrylate, ATR-FTIR, deuterium, oxide, solids, loading, ground

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2.5Y-TZP from Yttria-Coated Pyrogenic Zirconia Nanopowder

Frank Kern

received March 16, 2010, received in revised form April 12, 2010, accepted April 16, 2010

Volume 1, Issue 19, Pages 21-26   DOI: 10.4416/JCST2010-00005

Keywords: zirconia, nanopowder, hot-pressing, powder coating, Y-TZP

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Effect of Co Co-Doping on the Electrical Conductivity of Ce_0.9Sm_0.1O_2-

S.B. Deshmukh, S.S. Chaure, M.J. Pawar

received March 23, 2010, received in revised form May 26, 2010, accepted May 30, 2010

Volume 1, Issue 19, Pages 27-31   DOI: 10.4416/JCST2010-00006

Keywords: SOFC; ceria; EDTA-glycol method; co-dopant; solid electrolytes

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Failure Resistance Optimisation in Layered Ceramics Designed with Strong Interfaces

Robert Danzer, Raúl Bermejo

received April 07, 2010, received in revised form May 08, 2010, accepted May 10, 2010

Volume 1, Issue 19, Pages 15-20   DOI: 10.4416/JCST2010-00007

Keywords: Layered ceramics, failure resistance, crack bifurcation, interface delamination.

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A New Bioactive Glass Composition for Bioceramic Scaffolds

Antonella Sola, Valeria Cannillo, Devis Bellucci

received April 07, 2010, received in revised form May 21, 2010, accepted July 15, 2010

Volume 1, Issue 19, Pages 33-40   DOI: 10.4416/JCST2010-00008

Keywords: bioceramics, porous materials, scaffolds, glass-ceramics.

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SiC/BN Composites by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) of Precursor-Derived SiBNC Powders

M. Jansen, Y. Grin, K. Hahn, K. Meier, J. Wilfert

received April 14, 2010, received in revised form April 26, 2010, accepted July 26, 2010

Volume 1, Issue 19, Pages 1-6   DOI: 10.4416/JCST2010-00012

Keywords: Precursor-derived ceramics, composites, microstructure analysis, SiC, Spark plasma sintering

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Effect of Alumina/Iron Catalysts on the Formation of Carbon Nanotubes

Tapio Mäntylä, Erkki Levänen, Jarmo Laakso, Tomi Kanerva, Mika Pettersson, Jyri Rintala, Juha-Pekka Nikkanen, Xiaoxue Zhang

received April 15, 2010, received in revised form July 07, 2010, accepted July 15, 2010

Volume 1, Issue 19, Pages 51-54   DOI: 10.4416/JCST2010-00013

Keywords: carbon nanotubes, alumina, sol-gel method, chemical catalytic vapour deposition

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Instrumented Compaction Experiments under Varied Climatic Conditions

Manfred Nebelung, Manfred Fries, Hermann Svoboda, Bettina Schöne, Ulrich Klemm

received April 29, 2010, received in revised form June 14, 2010, accepted July 26, 2010

Volume 1, Issue 19, Pages 59-66   DOI: 10.4416/JCST2010-00016

Keywords: Instrumented compaction, friction, silicon nitride, granulate, climatic conditions

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