Contains a collection of papers from the below symposia held during the 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim10), June 2-7, 2013, in Coronado, California 2012: Engineering Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites: Design, Development, and Application Advanced Ceramic Coatings: Processing, Properties, and Application Geopolymers Low Energy, Environmentally Friendly, Inorganic Polymeric Ceramic Multifunctional Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Heteroarchitectures for Energy and Device Application Advanced Characterization and Modeling of Ceramic Interfaces

Contains a collection of papers from the below symposia heldduring the 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and GlassTechnology (PacRim10), June 2-7, 2013, in Coronado, California2012:* Engineering Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites: DesignDevelopment, and Application* Advanced Ceramic Coatings: Processing, Properties, andApplication* Geopolymers - Low Energy, Environmentally FriendlyInorganic Polymeric Ceramic* Multifunctional Metal Oxide Nanostructures andHeteroarchitectures for Energy and Device Application* Advanced Characterization and Modeling of CeramicInterfaces

Preface ixENGINEERING CERAMICS AND CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES: DESIGNDEVELOPMENT, AND APPLICATIONSDesign and Testing of a C/C-SiC Nozzle ExtensionManufactured Via Filament Winding Technique and LiquidSilicon Infiltration 3Fabian Breeds, Raouf Jemmali, Heinz Voggenreiter, and DietmarKochPreparation of Zirconium Phosphate Bonded Silicon Nitride PorousCeramics Reinforced by In-Situ Reacted Silicon Nitride Nanowires15Fei Chen, Feiyu Li, Kaiyu Wang, Qiang Shen, and LianmengZhangResidual Strains in Structural Stone: A Degradation Mechanism25Victoria Shushakova, Edwin R. Fuller, Jr., Florian Heidelbachand Siegfried SiegesmundJoining of SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites Using REABONDTechnology 39Michael C. Halbig, Mrityunjay Singh, and Craig E. SmithFracture Criterion of Short Carbon Fiber-Dispersed SiC MatrixComposite under Mixed Mode Loading Condition 53Ryo Inoue, Hideki Kakisawa, and Yutaka KagawaCeramic Matrix Composites Manufactured by MultistepDensification of Si-O-C Fiber Preform 61L. Maille, M. A. Dourges, S. Le Ber, and R. PaillerEffects of Particle Size and Crystalline Phases Developed afterThermal Shock Cycles on the Physical Properties and MechanicalResistance of Cordierite-Mullite Concrete Mixes 71Ana Ma Paniagua Mercado, Arturo Mendez Sanchez, Elvia DiazValdes, and Concepcion Mejia GarciaADVANCED CERAMIC COATINGS: PROCESSING, PROPERTIES, ANDAPPLICATIONSDevelopment of New Observation System used for DeformationMeasurement of Ceramic Matrix Composites at High Temperature81Y. L. Dong, H. Kakisawa, and Y. KagawaAnti-Reflective Surface Structures in Spinel Ceramic Windows89Catalin M. Florea, Lynda E. Busse, Shyam Bayya, Brandon ShawIshwar D. Aggarwal, and Jas S. SangheraTa-O-N Thin Films Deposited by Low Vacuum Reactive Sputtering101Takashi Hashizume, Atsushi Saiki, and Kiyoshi TerayamaControl of Mass-Transfer through Grain Boundaries in aProtective Alumina Layer by Dopant Configuration in Advanced EBCs107Satoshi Kitaoka, Tsuneaki Matsudaira, Masashi Wada, MakotoTanaka,Takafumi Ogawa, and Yutaka KagawaFabrication of K2Ta206 Films by Hydrothermal Method and theirOptical Property 119Atsushi Saiki and Takashi HashizumeFinite Element Modeling of Compressor Blade Leading Edge CurlErosion and Deformation 127George M. Slota and Douglas E. WolfeGEOPOLYMERS-LOW ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, INORGANICPOLYMERIC CERAMICSDevelopment of Thai Fly Ash Blended with Rice Husk Ash Geopolymers145Duangrudee Chaysuwan, Chayanee Tippayasam, PimpaweeKeawpapasson, Parjaree Thavorniti, Thammarat PanyathanmapornSirithan Jiemsirilers, and Cristina LeonelliCharacterization of Cotton Fabric Reinforced Geopolymer CompositesModified with Portland Cement 155T. Alomayri, F. U. A. Shaikh, and I. M. LowMULTIFUNCTIONAL METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES ANDHETEROARCHITECTURES FOR ENERGY AND DEVICE APPLICATIONSSynthesis of yMnOOH and ß-MnO2 Nanowires andtheir Electrochemical Capacitive Behavior 171Indra B. Singh and Su Moon ParkADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF CERAMICINTERFACESThe Effect of Interface and Micro-Crack on Physical Property andPerformance of Ceramic Materials 181Justin GaoAuthor Index 195