Executive Editor's Preface |
Senior Editor's Preface |
Acknowledgement |
Fundamental and Processing |
Physical Chemistry of Aluminium Hydroxides and Aluminas Taichi SATO 1 |
Hydration of Aluminas Taichi SATO 10 |
High Purity, Fine α-Alumina Powder Obtained by Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Dawsonite Takeo IGA and Yuichi IZAWA 33 |
Synthesis of Alumina from Alkoxide Modified by Organic Complexing Solvent Kazuyuki MAEDA, Fujio MIZUKAMI, Masaharu WATANABE, Kohji MASUDA, Shu-ichi NIWA, Makoto TOBA, and Tsuneji SANO 59 |
Changes in Mircrostructure of Spherical Alumina Compacts During the Intermediate and Final Stages of Sintering Kiyoshi ASAGA 65 |
Effect of Additives on Solid State Sintering of Alumina Zenbe-e NAKAGAWA 74 |
Effect of TiO2 on Characteristics of A12O3/ZrO2 Composite Powders Chii-Shyang HWANG and Shuenn-Ching TSAUR 89 |
Fabrication of Highly Porous Alumina Ceramics Y. ENAMI, M. KANOH, M. HASHIBA, and Y. NURISHI 96 |
Application and Evaluation |
Alumina Ceramics Preparation and its Properties for Electronics Uses Kanji OTSUKA 112 |
Evaluation of Mechanical and Thermal Fatigue Properties of Alumina Ceramics Manabu TAKATSU and Tadahiro NISHIKAWA 127 |
Mechanical Properties at High Temperature of High-Purity A12O3 Hiroshi OHNISHI, Akira KOUCHI, and Toshio KAWANAMI 137 |
Effects of Specimen Size on Bending Strength and Fracture Toughness of A1N Chang-Sam KIM, Toyohiko YANO, and Takayoshi ISEKI 147 |
Reference Sintered Materials for Grinding (A12O3 Sintered Material) Isao SUGIURA and Jun-ichiro TSUBAKI 153 |
Alumina Technology in Zhengzhou Light Metal Research Institute (ZLMRI) in China TIAN-Gengyou, CHEN-Wankun, and YAN-Quancai 159 |
Composites |
Alumina Based Ceramic Composites Shigehiko YAMADA 168 |
Mullite Matrix Composites Reinforced by SiC Plus Yttria-Stabilized ZrO2 Particulates X.X.HUANG, J.S. HONG, and D.S. YAN 183 |
Effects of TiC Content and Grain Size on Cutting Performance of A12O3-TiC Cerqamics Tool Toshiyuki TAKAHASHI 195 |
Role of Alumina in the SiC-Y2O3-A12O3 Sintering System Mamoru OMORI, Akihiko SAKUMA, and Toshio HIRAI 201 |
Alumina/Aluminum Composites Prepared by Directed Oxidation of Aluminum Alloy - Short Review - T. WATARI, K. OHTA, T. TORIKAI, and O. MATSUDA 209 |
Preparation of A12O3/Pd Particulate Composite Using an Electroless Plating Technique Hidemi WATANABE, Osami KIMURA, and Shinroku KAWASUMI 218 |
Reaction-Bonded ZrO2-Toughened A12O3 (ZT-RBAO) Nils CLAUSSEN, Dietmar HOLZ, Suxing WU, and Manfred RUEHLE 225 |
Author Index 241 |
Executive Editor's Preface |
Senior Editor's Preface |
Acknowledgement |
Fundamental and Processing |
Physical Chemistry of Aluminium Hydroxides and Aluminas Taichi SATO 1 |
Hydration of Aluminas Taichi SATO 10 |