Surfaces and Interfaces in Ceramic and Ceramic - Metal Systems

Boundaries on the Diffusional Creep of Polycrystalline Alumina.- The Influence of Grain Boundaries on Creep of KBr.- Microstructural Aspect of Creep Deformation in Two Phase Ceramics.- Influence of Grain Boundary Silica Impurity on Alumina Toughness.- Observations on the Sub-Critical Growth and Healing of Micro-Cracks in Brittle Ceramics.- The Si-SiO2 Interface.- The Si-SiO2 Interface: Current Understanding of Chemical and Electronic Defects.- Electron Spectroscopy Studies of the Si-SiO2 Interface.- Chlorine Incorporation and Phase Separation at the SiO2/Si Interface During Thermal Oxidation of Silicon in C1/O2 Atmospheres.- Stability Studies of the Chlorine Containing Phase at the SiO2/Si Interface Produced by hcl/O2 Oxidation of Silicon.- Interfacial Phenomena.- Interfacial Phenomena During Chemical Vapor Deposition.- An Electron Microscopy Analysis of a Simple Metal/Ceramic Interface.- Electron Microscopy of Barium Bismuth Titanate Multilayer Ceramics.- Formation of Interfaces.- Wetting, Spreading and Reactions at Liquid/Solid Interfaces.- Predictive Model for Interfacial Phenomena Between Molten Metals and Sapphire in Varying Oxygen Partial Pressures.- Wetting of A12O3-C2O3 Solid Solutions by Molten Copper and Iron.- Influence of Oxygen Partial Pressure on Wettability of Vitreous Silica by Molten Silver.- The Effect of Oxygen Partial Pressure on the Wetting of SiC, AlN, and Si3N4 by Si and a Method for Calculating the Surface Energies Involved.- Development of Adhesion.- Role of Nickel in Porcelain Enamelling.- The Use of a Flame-Sprayed Undercoat to Improve the Adherence of SiO2-A12O3 Dental Ceramics on Ni-Cr and Co-Cr Alloys.- Alumina Scale Adherence to CoCrAl Alloys and Coatings.- Spreading and Reactions of Molten Metals on and with Cemented Carbides.- Reactions at Interfaces.- A Study of Solid Metal/Ceramic Reactions.- Solid State Metal-Ceramic Reaction Bonding.- High Temperature Metallizing of Alumina.- Reaction of ZnO with Polished Sapphire Surfaces.- Interaction of Molten Silicon with Silicon Metal Oxynitride Solid Solutions.- Reactions at Alkali Metal-Glass Interfaces.- The Effect of Thermal History on the Structure of Chemically and Vapor Deposited Silver Films on Glass.- Barium Silicate Glass/Incolel X-750 Interaction.- Mechanical Properties.- A Simple Method for Adhesion Measurements.- The Adhesion of Plasma Sprayed Ceramic Coatings to Metals.- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Metal-to-Ceramic and Ceramic-to-Ceramic Joints.- Work of Adhesion Measurements by a Periodic Cracking Technique.- Measurement of Thick Film Adhesion by an Impact Separation Technique.- Contact Stress and Coefficient of Friction Effects on Ceramic Interfaces.- Environmental Effect on the Mechanical Strength of Glass.- The Effects of Preoxidation on the Strenth and Fatigue of Hot-Pressed Silicon Nitride.- Interface Effects.- Transient Liquid Phase Bonding of Silicon Nitride Ceramics.- Grain Boundaries in Carbon- and Boron-Densfied SiC: Examination by High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy.- Author Index.