Combustion and Plasma Synthesis of High-Temperature Materials

Table of Contents:
KEYNOTE ADDRESS.; Self--Propagating High--Temperature Synthesis: Twenty Years of Search and Findings (A. Merzhanov).; SOLID--STATE COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS.; Recent Progress in Combustion Synthesis of High--Performance Materials in Japan (M. Koizumi & Y. Miyamoto).; Modeling and Numerical Computation of a Nonsteady SHS Process (A. Bayliss & B. Matkowsky).; New Models of Quasiperiodic Burning in Combustion Synthesis (S. Margolis, et al.).; Modeling of SHS Operations (V. Hlavacek, et al.).; Combustion Theory for Sandwiches of Alloyable Materials (R. Armstrong & M. Koszykowski).; Observations on the Combustion Reaction Between Thin Foils of Ni and Al (U. Anselmi--Tamburini & Z. Munir).; Combustion Synthesis of Intermetallic Compounds (Y. Kaieda, et al.).; Combustion Synthesis of Nickel Aluminides (B. Rabin, et al.).; Self--Propagating High--Temperature Synthesis of NiTi Intermetallics (H. Yi & J. Moore).; Shock--Induced Chemical Synthesis of Intermetallic Compounds (S. Work, et al.).; Advanced Ceramics Via SHS (T. DeAngelis & D. Weiss).; In--Situ Formation of SiC and SiC--C Blocked Solids by Self--Combustion Synthesis (S. Ikeda, et al.).; Powder Purity and Morphology Effects in Combustion--Synthesis Reactions (L. Kecskes, et al.).; Simultaneous Synthesis and Densification of Ceramic Components Under Gas Pressure by SHS (Y. Miyamoto & M. Koizumi).; The Use of Self--Propagating High--Temperature Synthesis of High--Density Titanium Diboride (P. Zavitsanos, et al.).; Metal--Ceramic Composite Pipes Produced by a Centrifugal--Thermit Process (O. Odawara).; Simultaneous Combustion Synthesis and Densification of AIN (S. Dunmead, et al.).; Fabrication of a Functionally Gradient Material by Using a Self--Propagating Reaction Process (N. Sata, et al.).; Combustion Synthesis of Oxide--Carbide Composites (L. Wang, et al.).; Heterogeneous Reaction Mechanisms in the Si--C System Under Conditions of Solid Combustion (R. Pampuch, et al.).; Experimental Modeling of Particle--Particle Interactions During SHS of TiB 2 --Al 2 O 3 (K. Logan, et al.).; Combustion Synthesis in the Ti--C--Ni--Al System (S. Dunmead, et al.).; Combustion Synthesis Dynamics Modeling (T. Kottke, et al.).; Elementary Processes in SiO 2 --Al Thermite--Type Reactions Activated or Induced by Mechanochemical Treatment (G. Hida & I. Lin).; Combustion Synthesis of Ceramic Preforms for Molten--Metal Infiltration (D. Halverson, et al.).; Combustion Characteristics of Solid--Solid Systems: Experiments and Modeling (S. Kumar, et al.).; Microstructure of TiB 2 Sintered by the Self--Combustion Method (K. Urabe, et al..).; A Laser--Ignition Study of Gasless Reactions Using Thermography (C. Chow & J. Mohler).; Shock--Induced Reaction Synthesis--Assisted Processing of Ceramics (R. Ward, et al.).; Summary Assessment of the Application of SPS and Related Reaction Processing to Produce Dense Ceramics (R. Rice).; Shock Consolidation of Combustion--Synthesized Ceramics (A. Niiler, et al.).; High--Pressure Burning Rate of Silicon in Nitrogen (M. Costantino & J. Holt).; Preparation of a TiC Single Crystal by the Floating--Zone Method from a Self--Combustion Rod (S. Otani, et al.).; PLASMA AND GAS--PHASE SYNTHESIS.; Thermal Plasma Synthesis of Ceramic Powders and Coatings (T. Yoshida).; A Theoretical Comparison of Conventional and Hybrid RF--Plasma Reactors (J. McKelliget & N. El--Kaddah).; Homogeneous Nucleation and Particle Growth in Thermal Plasma Synthesis (S. Girshick & C.--P.; Chiu).; Formation of Refractory Aerosol Particles (R. Flagan, et al.).; Ceramic--Powder Synthesis in an Aerosol Reactor (M. Alam, et al.).; Silica--Particle Formation Using the Counter--Flow Diffusion Flame Burner (J. Katz, et al.).; Synthesis and Properties of Low--Carbon Boron Carbides (C. Adkins, et al.).; Synthesis of Si, SiC, and Si 3 N 4 Powders Under High Number Density Conditions (J. Haggerty & J. Flint).; Rapid Preparation of Titanium and Other Transition--Metal Nitride-- and Carbide Powders by a Carbo--Reduction Method Using Arc--Image Heating (M. Yoshimura, et al.).; Microwave Plasma Densification of Aluminum Nitride (S. Knittel & S. Risbud).; Plasma Synthesis of Fine Powders by Counter--Flow Liquid Injection (P. Kong & E. Pfender).; Application of Nonequilibrium Gas--Dynamic Techniques to the Plasma Synthesis of Ceramic Powders (J. McFeaters & J. Moore).; Development of Tin Oxide Coatings for Use as Electrodes in Mercuric Iodide Photodetector Applications (A. Hays & R. Hughes).; Refining and Nitriding Si and Ti with a Plasma Torch (P. Humbert, et al.).; Plasma Synthesis of Iron and Chromium Carbides by Carbothermic Reduction of Their Mineral Oxides (J. Moore).; Laser Diagnostics of Plasma Species in PACVD Deposition of Hard--Face Coatings (W. Roman, et al.).; Index.

About the Author :
RICHARD D. ADAMS, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry at the University of South Carolina. F. ALBERT COTTON, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University.