SiAlONs and Non-oxides

During the past fifty years, significant progress has been achieved in the theory and application of SiAlONs and other similar non-oxide ceramics.

In particular, the advances of the last thirty years in research and development have made SiAlONs, and similar materials, some of the most important engineering ceramics and new functional ceramics of today.The papers presented in this volume are authored by leading international experts on SiAlON and non-oxide materials and therefore give an excellent overview of current and future trends in the field.The 75 papers selected for the December 2007 symposium report recent research on producing nitride, SiAlON, carbide, and composite ceramics for advanced technology applications.

The contributors investigate the sintering shrinkage behavior of silicon nitride ceramics, the dielectric properties of B-SiAlON at high temperatures, polymer-derived SiCN glasses with tailored architectures, and aqueous processing of boron carbide powders.

Other topics include the tribological characteristics of carbon nano-fiber dispersed silicon nitride, the preparation of precursors for aluminum nitride-based ceramic composites, oxidation of rare earth silicon oxynitride J-phases, and computation of temperature-pressure phase diagrams for high-pressure nitrides.