Ceramic Materials for Energy Applications VI, Volume 37, Issue 6: (Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings)

A collection of 15 papers from The American Ceramic Society’s 40th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 24-29, 2016. This issue includes papers presented in Symposia 6 - Advanced Materials and Technologies for Energy Generation, Conversion, and Rechargeable Energy Storage; Symposium 13 - Advanced Ceramics and Composites for Sustainable Nuclear Energy and Fusion Energy, and Focused Session 2 – Advanced Ceramic Materials and Processing for Photonics and Energy.

Table of Contents:
Preface vii Introduction ix ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR SUSTAINABLE NUCLEAR FISSION AND FUSION ENERGY Low Temperature Air Braze Process for Joining Silicon Carbide Components Used in Heat Exchangers, Fusion and Fission Reactors, and Other Energy Production and Chemical Synthesis Systems 3 J. R. Fellows, C. A. Lewinsohn, Y. Katoh, and T. Koyanagi Composition, Structure, Manufacture, and Properties of SiC-SiC CMCs for Nuclear Applications: Informational Chapters in the ASME BPV Code Section III 17 Michael G. Jenkins, Stephen T. Gonczy, and Yutai Katoh Hoop Tensile Strength of Composite Tubes for LWRS Applications Using Internal Pressurization: Two ASTM Test Methods 23 Michael G. Jenkins, Jonathan A. Salem, and Janine E. Gallego Used Fuel Content Verification Using Lead Slowing Down Spectroscopy 31  Matthew G. Smith and Raghunath Kanakala Application of Selective Area Laser Deposition to the Manufacture of SiC-SiC Composite Nuclear Fuel Cladding 37 R. Neall, T. Abram, and M. Goodfellow Synthesis of High Purity Li5AlO4 Powder by Solid State Reaction Under the H2 Firing 49 Seiya Ogawa, Kiyoto Shin-mura, Yu Otani, Eiki Niwa, Takuya Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Hoshino, and Kazuya Sasakia Laser-Printed Ceramic Fiber Ribbons: Properties and Applications 61 Shay Harrison, Joseph Pegna, John L. Schneiter, Kirk L Williams, and Ram K. Goduguchinta Development of Caulked Joint Between Zircaloy and SiC/SiC Composite Tubes by Using Diode Laser 73 Hisashi Serizawa, Masahiro Tsukamoto, Yuuki Asakura, Joon-Soo Park, Akira Kohyama, Hirotaka Motoki, Daisuke Tanigawa, and Hirotatsu Kishimoto ADVANCED CERAMIC MATERIALS AND PROCESSING FOR PHOTONICS AND ENERGY Processing and Optical Properties of Ge-Core Fibers 85 Mustafa Ordu, Jicheng Guo, Boyin Tai, James Bird, Siddharth Ramachandran, and Soumendra Basu Development of Transthickness Tension Test Method for Ceramic Matrix Composites at Elevated Temperatures 93 Hisato Inoue, Masahiro Takanashi, and Takeshi Nakamura Microstructure Analysis of the Epitaxial Growth of Cu2O on Gold Nano-Islands 103 E. L. Kennedy, J. B. Coulter, D. P. Birnie III, and F. Cosandey Development of Low Temperature Aluminophosphate Glass Systems for High Efficiency Lighting Devices 113 J. H. Liao, Y. R. Chung, and F. B. Wu ADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY GENERATION, CONVERSION, AND RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE Dielectric, Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of Mg-Doped CaCu3Ti4O12 Ceramics by the Solid-State Reaction Method 127 E. Izci Structural and Dielectric Properties of (1−x) Li2TiO3 + xMgO Ceramics Prepared by the Solid State Reaction Method 135 E. Izci Lithium Loss Indicated Formation of Microcracks in LATP Ceramics 143 K. Waetzig, A. Rost, U. Langklotz, and J. Schilm Author Index 151

About the Author :
Dr. Hua-Tay Lin, Distinguished R&D staff member, Group Lead of Ceramic Science and Technology Group, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is currently focusing researches on mechanical reliability of ceramic components and electronic devices, high-temperature mechanical performance of ceramics and composites, high-temperature steam effects on mechanical reliability of ceramics and environmental barrier coating systems, and engineering of microstructure and properties of ceramics and composites, and coatings. He has served as a PI on numerous programs sponsored by DOE’s Office of Distributed Energy, Office of Electricity Distribution Reliability and Transmission, Office of Transportation Technologies, Office of Industrial Technologies, and Office of Power Technologies with frequent collaborations with researchers at institution in the U. S., Japan, Korea, and Europe. Dr. Lin is the pass Chair of the Engineering Ceramics Division of the American Ceramic Society. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. He is a Fellow of The American Ceramic Society. Dr. Lin holds a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, and a B.S. in Physics from National Central University, Taiwan.