| Forword Shigeyuki Somiya, Eizo Kanai and Ken-ichiro Ando |
| Opening Remarks Tomio Tanatsugu |
| Address and Greeting Shinroku Saito |
| Congratulations on Successes Achieved Seiichi Tabata |
| Grusswort zur Eroffnung des 1. Internationalen Keramik-Symposiums am 17.10.1983 in Hakone/Japan Werner Menden |
| Acknowledgements |
| Sponsorship, Executive and Organizing Committee |
| Participants List |
| 1. National Projects on Research and Development of High Performance Ceramics in Japan H. Okuda 1 |
| 2. Overview on the German Program on Ceramic Components for Vehicular Gas Turbines W. Bunk 9 |
| 3. Ceramics in Automotive Energy Systems A.F. McLean 21 |
| 4. Ceramic Components for the AGT 100 Engine H.E. Helms and P.W. Heitman 33 |
| 5. Structural Ceramics in Heat Engines - the Nasa Viewpoint H.B. Probst 45 |
| 6. Ceramics for Adiabatic Turbocompound Diesel Engines R. Kamo 59 |
| 7. Ceramic Component Development for Automotive Power Plants M. Langer, P. Walzer and J.E. Siebels 100 |
| 8. Recuperative Ceramic Heat Exchanger for Gas Turbine and Other Applications A. Krauth 110 |
| 9. Selecting Ceramics for Diesel Engine Applications: Methodological Aspects J.P. Torre, Y. Raynal and Y. Rouaux 120 |
| 10. Designing Adiabatic Engine Components M.E. Woods and T.L. Scofield 130 |
| 11. Evaluation of Ceramics for Wear Components in Automotive Engines J. Lamon, J. Denape and D. Broussaud 146 |
| 12. Syalon Ceramics for High Temperature Engines; an Illustration of Grain Boundary Engineering E. Butler, R.J. Lumby and A. Szweda 159 |
| 13. Alpha Silicon Carbide Components for Heat Engine Applications R.S. Storm 170 |
| 14. Pressureless Sintered Si3N4 Alloys for Application in Automotive Engines G. Petzow and P. Greil 177 |
| 15. Silicon Oxynitride and O'-Sialon Ceramics M.B. Trigg and K.H. Jack 199 |
| 16. Sintering of Silicon Nitride with Non-Oxide Additives R. Peitzsch and H. Hausner 208 |
| 17. Sintering Characteristics of Some Fine Si3N4 Powders by Different Preparatory Methods T.S. Yen, H.R. Zhuang, W.L. Li, S.L. Wen and X.R. Fu 218 |
| 18. Crystallization of Y-Al-Garnet in Pressureless Sintered β-Sialon Materials P. Greil, J.C. Bressiani and G. Petzow 228 |
| 19. Thermal Cycling Behaviour of Silicon Nitride G. Ziegler 236 |
| 20. Surface Characteristics of Metal Bondable Silicon Nitride Ceramics S. Tanaka, K. Nishida and T. Ochiai 249 |
| 21. High Temperature Character of Amorphous Powder of Silicon Nitride K. Kijima 257 |
| 22. Tensile Testing of Sintered Silicon Carbide and Silicon Nitride M. Kawai, H. Fujita, Y. Kanki, H. Abe and J. Nakayama 269 |
| 23. Tensile Creep Test of Hot-Pressed Si3N4 F. Wakai, S. Sakaguchi, Y. Matsuno and H. Okuda 279 |
| 24. A Theoretical Model of Indentation and Impact Damages of Structural Ceramics B.M. Liaw, A.S. Kobayashi and A.F. Emery 286 |
| 25. Primary Creep of Sintered Silicon Nitride H. Tanaka and Y. Inomata 296 |
| 26. On Hot Isostatic Pressing of Shaped Ceramic Parts H.T. Larker 304 |
| 27. Strength Distribution of Sintered β-Sialon Ceramics M. Mitomo, S. Nagata and M. Tsutsumi 311 |
| 28. Relationship between Densification and High Temperature Mechanical Properties of Hip'ed Silicon Nitride R.R. Wills, M.C. Brockway and G.K. Bansal 321 |
| 29. Preparation of Silicon Nitride Powder by Imide Decomposition Method T. Yamada, T. Kawahito and T. Iwai 333 |
| 30. The Fabrication of Two-Phase β'-Sialon-Yag Ceramics C.J. Spacie, N.S. Jameel and D.P. Thompson 343 |
| 31. The Effect of Carbon Content of Silicon Nitride on the Subsequent Oxidation of Phases in the Y-Si-O-N System S. Hampshire and K.H. Jack 350 |
| 32. Non-Oxide Powders for High-Temperature Ceramics G. Schwier 358 |
| 33. Microstructure and Properties of Post-Sintered Rbsn with Yag as Grain-Boundary Phase H.R. Zhuang, W.L. Li, D.Q. Hua, S.L. Wen, Y.Y. Sun, X.R. Fu and T.S. Yen 368 |
| 34. Characterization of α-Sialon Ceramics M. Mitomo, F. Izumi, Y. Bando and Y. Sekikawa 377 |
| 35. Solid State Joining of Silicon Nitride Ceramics H. Tabata, S. Kanzaki and M. Nakamura 387 |
| 36. Nitrogen Glasses and Glass Ceramics R.A.L. Drew, S. Hampshire and K.H. Jack 394 |
| 37. Fabrication and Characterization of Si3N4 with Metal Nitride Additives by High Pressure Hot-Pressing M. Shimada, N. Uchida and M. Koizumi 404 |
| 38. Microstructural Development of Sintered, Hot-Pressed and Hot-Isostatic-Pressed Silicon Nitride G. Woetting and G. Ziegler 412 |
| 39. Hot Isostatic Pressing: its Application in High Performance Ceramics T. Fujikawa, M. Moritoki, T. Kanda, K. Homma and H. Okada 425 |
| 40. Densification of Si3N4 by Hot Isostatic Press in N2 Atmosphere K. Hirota, T. Ichikizaki, Y.T. Hasegawa and H. Suzuki 434 |
| 41. Hiping of Shock-Treated Si3N4 Powder with Y2O3 S. Somiya, M. Yoshimura, S. Fujiwara, A. Sawaoka, K. Kondo, T. Hattori, J. Mohri and M. Araki 442 |
| 42. Hot Gas Corrosion of Si3N4' Sialon and SiC K. Kobayashi, K. Kishi, S. Umebayashi and K. Miyazaki 449 |
| 43. Characterization of AlN Ceramics without Additives Sintered by High Pressure Hot Pressing O. Yamada, M. Shimada and M. Koizumi 457 |
| 44. Fabrication and Characterization of AlN-SiC Ceramics by High Pressure Hot-Pressing M. Shimada, K. Sasaki and M. Koizumi 466 |
| 45. Ceramic Alloys of Silicon Carbide with Aluminium Nitride and Nitrogen M.M. Patience, P.J. England, D.P. Thompson and K.H. Jack 473 |
| 46. Preparation and Mechanical Properties of CVD-SiC K. Niihara, A. Suda and T. Hirai 480 |
| 47. Mechanical Strength of Sintered Silicon Carbide H. Suzuki and K. Kijima 490 |
| 48. Carbon Fibre Reinforced Silicon Carbide E. Fitzer, W. Fritz and R. Gadow 505 |
| 49. Structural Change of SiC at High Temperature -an Application of High-Temperature X-ray Diffractometer to the Observation of Transformation and Thermal Expansion- Z. Inoue and Y. Kurachi 519 |
| 50. Strength and Microstructure of Dense Silicon Carbide Ceramics Y. Takeda, T. Kosugi, S. Iijima and K. Nakamura 529 |
| 51. Sintering of Silicon Carbide with a Narrow Particle Size Range L. Hermansson, E. Carlstroem, M. Persson and R. Carlsson 538 |
| 52. High Temperature Long Term Properties and Microstructural Peculiarities of Sintered α-SiC F. Thuemmler, G. Grathwohl and R. Hamminger 548 |
| 53. Investigations of the Reactivity of Different Carbons with Liquid Silicon E. Fitzer and R. Gadow 561 |
| 54. Engineering Data for Silit SK a Si-infiltrated SiC for Gasturbine Components H. Boeder and W. Heider 573 |
| 55. Injection Molded Sintered Turbine Components of Aluminium Doped Alpha Silicon Carbide K.A. Schwertz, F. Isemann and A. Lipp 583 |
| 56. Effect of Initial Compaction on Sintering of SiC R. Saikudo, S. Yamaoka, Y. Moriyoshi and O. Fukunaga 595 |
| 57. Joining of Dense Silicon Carbide T. Iseki and H. Suzuki 603 |
| 58. Detectability of Natural Flaws in Sintered SiC by Ultrasonic Technique H. Kawai, Y. Yoshida, T. Nishida, M. Kawai, H. Abe and T. Ono 612 |
| 59. Transport Properties of Fluorite Oxides for Oxygen Sensing J.F. Baumard, P. Abelard and A.M. Anthony 622 |
| 60. Damage Processes in Sliding Partially Stabilized Zirconia Pairs C.S. Yust and F.J. Carignan 632 |
| 61. Properties of Mullite-Zirconia Composites Prepared by Different Processing Routes J.S. Wallace, N. Claussen and S. Prochazka 642 |
| 62. Suitability of Mg-PSZ for Adiabatic and Conventional Diesel Engine Applications M. Marmach and M.V. Swain 650 |
| 63. Strength and Durability of PSZ Ceramics I. Oda, M. Matsui and T. Soma 660 |
| 64. Electron Optical and Microchemical Examination of the ZrO2-CaZrO3 Eutectic N. Stenton, M.R. Notis and D.B. Williams 672 |
| 65. Study of the Thermal Fatigue Resistance of Plasma-Sprayed Zirconia Coatings for Diesel Components P. Boch, J.F. Coudert and C. Gault 682 |
| 66. Fracture Mechanics and Material Removal Mechanism in Micro-Cutting of Sintered Alumina T. Sugita, K. Ueda and T. Hashimoto 690 |
| 67. Sol-Gel Processing of Electronic Ceramics for Automotive Applications J.B. Blum 700 |
| 68. Ultra-Rapid Sintering of Ceramics in Gas Plasmas D.L. Johnson 710 |
| 69. Solid State Bonding of Metal to Ceramic A. Wicker, Ph. Darbon and F. Grivon 716 |
| 70. The Fabrication of SiC, Si3N4 and AlN by Combustion Synthesis J.B. Holt and Z.A. Munir 721 |
| 71. Permeability of Colloidally Filtered (Slip Cast) Monosized Ceramic Powder S.C. Danforth and M. Velazquez 729 |
| 72. Hydrothermal Processing for Ceramics Powder Preparation and Sintering S. Somiya, M. Yoshimura, H. Toraya, E. Tani, M. Suzuki, S. Kikugawa and T. Hattori 739 |
| 73. Free Energy Theory of Material Transport for Sintering and Diffusional Creep Y. Inomata 753 |
| 74. Fracture of Circular Structural Element of Ceramics under Compressive Contact Loading S. Koga and T. Sasa 762 |
| 75. Ceramic Coatings for Heat Engine Materials -Status and Future Needs W.J. Lackey, D.P. Stinton, G.A. Cerny, L.L. Fehrenbacher and A.C. Schaffhauser 770 |
| 76. Microstrucure and Related Properties in C/C Composites S. Kimura, E. Yasuda and Y. Tanabe 783 |
| 77. Some Properties of Binderless Carbon from Ground Coke Powder and the Carbon-B4C-SiC Composites K. Kobayashi, H. Yoshida, I. Ogawa, T. Hagio and T. Yamamoto 791 |
| 78. Niobium-Wire Reinforced MoSi2 E. Fitzer, R. Gadow and W. Remmele 799 |
| Subject Index 808 |
| Forword Shigeyuki Somiya, Eizo Kanai and Ken-ichiro Ando |
| Opening Remarks Tomio Tanatsugu |
| Address and Greeting Shinroku Saito |
| Congratulations on Successes Achieved Seiichi Tabata |
| Grusswort zur Eroffnung des 1. Internationalen Keramik-Symposiums am 17.10.1983 in Hakone/Japan Werner Menden |
| Acknowledgements |
