Advances in Ceramics for Environmental, Functional, Structural, and Energy Applications Ceramic Transactions Series

This volume contains 20 manuscripts presented during the Materials Science & Technology 2017 Conference (MS&T'17), held October 8-12, 2017 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Papers from the following symposia are included in this volume:

• 9th International Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing
• Advances in Dielectric Materials and Electronic Devices
• Construction and Building Materials for a Better Environment
• Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites
• Materials Issues in Nuclear Waste Management in the 21st Century
• Materials Development for Nuclear Applications and Extreme Environments
• Materials for Nuclear Energy Applications
• Nanotechnology for Energy, Healthcare and Industry
• Processing and Performance of Materials Using Microwaves, Electric and Magnetic Fields, Ultrasound, Lasers, and Mechanical Work ? Rustum Roy Symposium

These symposia provided a forum for scientists, engineers, and technologists to discuss and exchange state-of-the-art ideas, information, and technology on advanced methods and approaches for processing, synthesis, characterization, and applications of ceramics, glasses, and composites. 

Each manuscript was peer-reviewed using The American Ceramic Society's review process. The editors wish to extend their gratitude and appreciation to their symposium co-organizers, to all of the authors for their valuable submissions, to all the participants and session chairs for their time and effort, and to all the reviewers for their comments and suggestions. 

We hope that this volume will serve as a useful reference for the professionals working in the field of materials science.

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MATERIALS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS

Westinghouse Accident Tolerant Fuel Materials 3
Frank Boylan, Peng Xu, Javier Romero, and Ed Lahoda

Investigations of Capacitor Discharge Welding for the Attachment of Endcaps to Molybdenum-Based Nuclear Fuel Rod Cladding 7
Jerry E. Gould, Cem Topbasi, and Bo Cheng

Evaluation of U₃Si₂ Fuel Pellets Sintered in an Argon vs. Vacuum Environment 21
Rita Hoggan, Jason Harp, and Lingfeng He

PROCESSING AND PERFORMANCE OF MATERIALS USING MICROWAVES, ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS, ULTRA-SOUND, LASERS, AND MECHANICAL WORK—RUSTUM ROY SYMPOSIUM

Microwave-Augmented Crystallization and Decrystallization in Ceramic Processing —A Phenomenology-Based Commentary 29
Boon Wong

Effects of Elastic Waves at Several Frequencies on Biofilm Formation in Circulating Types of Laboratory Biofilm Reactors 43
Hideyuki Kanematsu, Shogo Maeda, Dana M. Barry, Senshin Umeki,Kazuyuki Tohji, Nobumitsu Hirai, Akiko Ogawa, Takeshi Kogo, Hajime Ikegai, and Yoshimitsu Mizunoe

Resilient Graphitic Carbons from Electro-Thermal Fluidized Bed Reactor 53
Soeren Koester, Eric Salmon, and Carsten Wehling

Heavy Clay Body Properties for Hybrid Microwave Firing 59
Garth V A Tayler, Mike Anderson, and Mike Hamlyn

Effective Permittivity and Microwave Heating Characteristics of Electric Conductor and Insulator (Dielectrics) Mixtures 69
Noboru Yoshikawa

Porous Ceramic/Metal Composite Body for DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) and the Microwave Heating Behavior 79
Noboru Yoshikawa, Chang Chuan Lee, Naoki Inoue, Shoji Taniguchi, and Sergey Komarov

CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT

Study on Preparation of Portland Cement by Using Coal Fly Ash 87
Hui Sun, Miaolian Bian, Dongyang Ma, Shichao Chen, Zhicheng Cao, and Daohong Wu

Corrosion Behaviour of Steel-Reinforcement in C₃H₇NO₂ S-Admixed Concrete Immersed in Saline/Marine Simulating-Environment 95
Joshua Olusegun Okeniyi and Abimbola Patricia Idowu Popoola

C₄H₁₁NO Performance on Steel-Rebar Corrosion in Industrial/ Microbial Simulating Environment 109
Joshua Olusegun Okeniyi and Abimbola Patricia Idowu Popoola

INNOVATIVE PROCESSING AND SYNTHESIS OF CERAMICS, GLASSES AND COMPOSITES

Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer and Reaction Kinetics during the Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of Silicon Nitride 123
Venkata V. K. Doddapaneni and Sidney Lin

Synthesis of Carbide Ceramics from Activated Carbon Precursors Loaded with Tungstate, Molybdate, and Silicate Anions 137
Grant Wallace, Jerome Downey, Jannette Chorney, Katie Schumacher, Trenin Bayless, Alaina Mallard, Auva Speiser, and Elizabeth Raiha

ADVANCES IN DIELECTRIC MATERIALS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES

Observation of TI-TI Bonding In TI/CU/PT-Supported Rutile TiO₂ (110) Surface: AB Initio Calculations 153
Lei Li, Wenshi Li, Han Qin, Jianfeng Yang, Canyan Zhu, and Ling-Feng Mao

Effect of Processing Conditions on Electric and Dielectric Properties of Polymer-Derived SiC Ceramics 165
Chengying Xu

THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR MATERIALS MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING

Study on Energy Utilization of High Phosphorus Oolitic Hematite by Different Ironmaking Technologies 177
Hui Sun, Miaolian Bian, Shichao Chen, Dongyang Ma, Zhicheng Cao, and Daohong Wu

NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, ELECTRONICS, HEALTHCARE AND INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS

Nanosensors for Detecting Pollutants in Water 187
Shobhan Paul

HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Electrodeposition of Hybrid Sol-Gel Glass Coatings on 304 Stainless Steel for Corrosion Protection 205
Q. Picard, G. Akalonu, J. Mercado, J. Mosa, M. Aparicio, L. C. Klein, and A. Jitianua

SURFACE PROPERTIES OF BIOMATERIALS

Biofilm Formation on Titanium Alloy Surfaces in a Laboratory Biofilm Reactor 221
Hideyuki Kanematsu, Shun Kanesaki, Hikonaru Kudara, Dana M. Barry,Akiko Ogawa, Takeshi Kougo, Daisuke Kuroda, Nobumitsu Hirai, Hajime Ikegai, and Yoshimitsu Mizunoe