Developments in Strategic Materials and Computational Design III, Volume 33, Issue 10

Exploring the latest findings, new materials, and applications, this issue keeps readers current with some of the most important developments in strategic materials and the computational design of ceramics and composites. It features select contributions from one symposium and three focused sessions that took place in January 2012 during the 36th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC). This issue represents one of nine CESP issues published from the 36th ICACC meeting.

Preface vii

Introduction ix

GEOPOLYMERS AND OTHER INORGANIC POLYMERS

Metakaolin-Nanosilver as Biocide Agent in Geopolymer 3
Jose S. Moya, Belen Cabal, Jesus Sanz, and Ramon Torrecillas

Parameters That Influence Silica Dissolution in Alkaline Media 13
A. Autef, E. Joussein, G. Gasgnier, and S. Rossignol

Humidity Effects on the Completion of Geopolymerization in Dilute Evaporative Slurries 25
Brayden E. Glad and Waltraud M. Kriven

The Effect of Basalt Chopped Fiber Reinforcement on the Mechanical Properties of Potassium Based Geopolymer 31
Sean S. Musil, Greg Kutyla and W. M. Kriven

Ceramicash: A New Ultra Low Cost Chemically Bonded Ceramic Material 43
Henry A. Colorado and Jenn-Ming Yang

Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics for Stabilization of High-Sodium Containing Waste Streams 55H. A. Colorado, Roopa Ganga, Dileep Singh

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN, MODELING, AND SIMULATION

Numerical Simulation of the Temperature and Stress Field Evolution Applied to Spark Plasma Sintering 71
J. B. Allen, C. Walters, C. R. Welch, and J. F. Peters

An Integrated Virtual Material Approach for Ceramic Matrix Composites 83
G. Couegnat, W. Ros, T. Haurat, C. Germain, E. Martin, and G.L. Vignoles

A New Anisotropie Constitutive Model for Ceramic Materials Failure 93
S. Falco, C. E. J. Dancer, R. I. Todd, and N. Petrinic

Studies of Gas-Phase Reactivity during Chemical Vapor Deposition of Boron Carbide 105
G. Reinisch, J.-M. Leyssale, S. Patel, G. Chollon, N. Bertrand, C. Descamps, R. Mereau, and G. L. Vignoles

Image-Based 2D Numerical Modeling of Oxide Formation in Self-Healing CMCS 117
V. Drean, G. Perrot, G. Couegnat, M. Ricchiuto, and G. L. Vignoles

Combining X-Ray Diffraction Contrast Tomography and Mesoscale Grain Growth Simulations in Strontium Titanate: An Integrated Approach for the Investigation of Microstructure Evolution 127
Melanie Syha, Michael Bäurer, Wolfgang Rheinheimer, Wolfgang Ludwig, Erik M. Lauridsen, Daniel Weygand, and Peter Gumbsch

Calculation of Growth Stress in Si02 Scales Formed by Oxidation of SiC Fibers 139
R. S. Hay

ADVANCED MATERIALSAND PROCESSING FOR PHOTONICS AND ENERGY

Effect of Chromium-Doping on the Crystallization and Phase Stability in Anodized Ti02 Nanotubes 151
I. M. Low, H. Albetran, V. De La Prida, P. Manurung, and M. lonescu

Frontiers in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology and Impact on Society 159
J. Narayan

THERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Measurement of Thermal Conductivity of Graphitic Foams 185
Kevin Drummond and Khairul Alam

Examination of the Interconnectivity of SiC in a Si:SiC Composite System 193
A. L. Marshall

Author Index 201

Waltraud M. Kriven is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Kriven received her Ph.D. in 1976 in Solid State Chemistry from the University of Adelaide in South Auatralia and her B.Sc. (Honors) and Baccalaureate degrees in Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biochemistry from the same institute. She is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of phase transformations in inorganic compounds and their applications in structural ceramic composites. She has authored or co-authored over 240 research publications, and fourteen books to date.

Important developments supporting the design and application of new ceramics and composites

Exploring the latest findings, new materials, and applications, this issue keeps readers current with some of the most important developments in strategic materials and the computational design of ceramics and composites. It features select contributions from one symposium and three focused sessions that took place in January 2012 during the 36th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC) in Daytona Beach, Florida:

• Geopolymers and Other Inorganic Polymers reported on a variety of established and new applications, including the development of sustainable and environmentally friendly ceramic composites.
• Computational Design, Modeling Simulation, and Characterization of Ceramics and Composites sought to optimize behavior and facilitate the design of new ceramics and composites with customizable properties.
• Advanced (Ceramic) Materials and Processing for Photonics and Energy was dedicated to the synthesis and the structural and functional characterization of self-organized materials and nanostructures of ceramic materials, emphasizing their applications as functional materials.
• Thermal Management Materials and Technologies explored a variety of new and emerging materials and technologies, including measurement of thermal conductivity of graphitic foams.

This issue represents one of nine CESP issues published from the 36th ICACC meeting. ICACC is the world's most prominent international meeting dedicated to advanced structural, functional, and nanoscopic ceramics, composites, and other emerging ceramic materials and technologies. ICACC has been organized each year by The American Ceramic Society and The American Ceramic Society's Engineering Ceramics Division since 1977.