Table Of ContentMETAL, CERAMIC AND
POLYMERIC COMPOSITES
FOR VARIOUS USES
Edited by John Cuppoletti
Metal, Ceramic and Polymeric Composites for Various Uses
Edited by John Cuppoletti
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Contents
Preface XI
Part 1 New Materials and Analytic Methods 1
Chapter 1 Growth Reinforcing Composite Materials from
Liquidus Phase: Mechanical and Microstructural
Parameters Relationship Essentially Evincing the
Predominance of an Akin Mass Composition
over the Domain of Compositions 3
B.L. Sharma and Parshotam Lal
Chapter 2 In-Situ Formation of TiC Using Laser Cladding 33
Ali Emamian, Stephen F. Corbin and Amir Khajepour
Chapter 3 New Superhard Ternary Borides
in Composite Materials 61
Zachary Zachariev
Chapter 4 Thermo-Mechanical Treatment of
Glass-Balloon-Dispersed Metal Matrix Composite 79
Osamu Umezawa
Chapter 5 Inversion of Physical Properties for Determining
the Microstructure of Natural Composites 97
Kazatchenko E., Markov M.,
Mousatov A. and Pervago E.
Chapter 6 Hybrid Inorganic–organic Composites of Layered
Double Hydroxides Intercalated with Organic
Acid Anions for the Uptake of Hazardous
Substances from Aqueous Solution 123
Tomohito Kameda and Toshiaki Yoshioka
Chapter 7 Hybrid Materials Based on Zn-Al Alloys 149
G. Torres-Villaseñor and E. Martínez-Flores
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Chapter 8 Mechanical Behavior of Filled Thermoplastic Polymers 171
S. Bazhenov
Chapter 9 Porous Ceramic Matrix Al O /Al Composites
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as Supports and Precursors for Catalysts
and Permeable Materials 195
S.F.Tikhov, N.A.Pakhomov, E.I.Nemykina,
A.N.Salanov, V.A.Sadykov, V.E.Romanenkov
and Ya.Ya. Piatsiushyk
Chapter 10 On Thermal Conductivity of an In-Situ
Metal Matrix Composite - Cast Iron 211
J.K.Chen and S.F.Chen
Chapter 11 Synthesis and Characterization of Ordered
Mesoporous Silica Pillared Clay with HPW
Heteropoly Acid Encapsulated into the
Framework and Its Catalytic Performance
for Deep Oxidative Desulfurization of Fuels 225
Baoshan Li, Zhenxing Liu, Jianjun Liu, Zhiyuan Zhou,
Xiaohui Gao, Xinmei Pang and Huiting Sheng
Chapter 12 Biocomposites Based on New
Monomer Systems Reinforced with
Micro / Nanoparticles and Glass Fibers 239
Cristina Prejmerean, Tinca Buruiana, Teresa Nunes,
Marioara Moldovan and Loredana Colceriu
Chapter 13 Wollastonite-Based Chemically Bonded
Phosphate Ceramic Composites 265
Henry A. Colorado, Clem Hiel, Thomas Hahn
and Jenn Ming Yang
Chapter 14 Microstructure and High-Temperature
Strength of 9CrODS Ferritic Steel 283
Shigeharu Ukai
Chapter 15 Spider Silk Composites and Applications 303
Yang Hsia, Eric Gnesa, Felicia Jeffery,
Simon Tang and Craig Vierra
Chapter 16 Natural Silkworm Silk-Epoxy Resin
Composite for High Performance Application 325
K.M. Kelvin Loh and C.K. Willy Tan
Chapter 17 Noncrystalline L-Phenylalanine-Silica Hybrid
Composite Materials for High Selective Reversed
Phase Liquid Chromatography 341
M. Mizanur Rahman, Makoto Takafuji and Hirotaka Ihara
Contents VII
Part 2 New Materials with Unique Properties 355
Chapter 18 High Dispersion Power of Cardo-Typed
Fluorene Moieties on Carbon Fillers 357
Shinichi Kawasaki, Fengzhe Jin
and Toshikazu Takata
Chapter 19 Optical Properties and Some Applications
of Plasmonic Heterogeneous Materials 377
Sergey Moiseev
Chapter 20 Polymer-Bioglass Composite Coatings: A Promising
Alternative for Advanced Biomedical Implants 393
Floroian Laura, Popescu Andrei,
Serban Natalia and Mihailescu Ion N.
Chapter 21 Effects of Filler Content on Mechanical and
Optical Properties of Dental Composite Resins 421
Seyed Mostafa Mousavinasab
Part 3 Applications of New Materials 429
Chapter 22 Tuneable Composites Containing Magnetic Microwires 431
L. Panina, M. Ipatov, V. Zhukova,
J. Gonzalez and A. Zhukov
Chapter 23 3D Network SiC-Metals Composites
for Heavy Duty Brake Applications 461
Hongqiang Ru, Jingyang Li and Wei Wang
Chapter 24 Smart Magnetic Composites 475
Jerzy Kaleta, Daniel Lewandowski,
Rafał Mech and Piotr Zając
Chapter 25 Magnetic and Dynamic Mechanical
Properties of Nd-Fe-B Composite
Materials with Polymer Matrix 505
Aleksandar Grujić, Jasna Stajić-Trošić,
Mirko Stijepović, Jasmina Stevanović and Radoslav Aleksić
Chapter 26 Composite Materials for
Some Radiophysics Applications 525
S.B.Bibikov and M.V. Prokof’ev
Chapter 27 The Composite Materials for Localization
of Volatile Radioactive Iodine Forms from
Steam-Air Phase during Severe Accidents at NPPs 545
Sergey A. Kulyukhin, Lubov' V. Mizina,
Igor' A. Rumer and Nikolay B. Mikheev
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Chapter 28 Composite Materials under Extreme
Radiation and Temperature Environments
of the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors 571
Nicholas Simos
Chapter 29 Graphite-Composites Alternatives
for Electrochemical Biosensor 597
Ninoska Bojorge and Eliana Alhadeff
Chapter 30 Composite Cathode Material for
Li-Ion Batteries Based on LiFePO System 621
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Janina Molenda and Marcin Molenda
Chapter 31 Multilayer Fresnel Zone Plate
with High- Diffraction Efficiency:
Application of Composite Layer to X-ray Optics 637
Shigeharu Tamura
Chapter 32 New Composite Materials for Decreasing
of Radioactive Molecular Iodine in the
Water Coolant in Working and New Developed NPPs 655
Sergey A. Kulyukhin and Lubov' V. Mizina
Chapter 33 The Glass Transition
Temperature in Dental Composites 669
J.C.S. Moraes, M.M.D.S. Sostena
and C.R. Grandini
