Download or read book 15th Annual Conference on Composites and Advanced Ceramic Materials, Part 1 of 2, Volume 12, Issue 7/8 written by John B. Wachtman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is part of the Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding (CESP) series. This series contains a collection of papers dealing with issues in both traditional ceramics (i.e., glass, whitewares, refractories, and porcelain enamel) and advanced ceramics. Topics covered in the area of advanced ceramic include bioceramics, nanomaterials, composites, solid oxide fuel cells, mechanical properties and structural design, advanced ceramic coatings, ceramic armor, porous ceramics, and more.