The Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding has been published by The American Ceramic Society since 1980. 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.

Preface ix Introduction xi GEOPOLYMERS AND CHEMICALLY BONDED CERAMICS Properties of Granite Powder Reinforced Potassium Geopolymer 3Daniel S. Roper, Gregory P. Kutyla, and Waltraud M. Kriven Ceramic Felt Reinforced Geopolymer Composites 11Elias C. Koehler and Waltraud M. Kriven Ammonia-Borane Geopolymer (AB-G) Composite 21Lars Schomborg, Zeina Assi, J. Christian Buhl, Claus H. Rüscher, and Michael Wark Monitoring the Structural Evolution during Geopolymer Formation by 27Al NMR 37Ameni Gharzouni, Emmanuel Joussein, Isabel Sobrados, Jesus Sanz, Samir Baklouti, Basma Samet, and Sylvie Rossignol Recycled Geopolymer on New Formulations 49N. Essaidi, L. Vidal, F.Gouny, E. Joussein, and S. Rossignol Impact of Alkaline Solution and Curing Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Alkali-Activated Blast Furnace Slag 61Elodie Prud’homme, Jean Ambroise, and Marie Michel Long-Term Development of Mechanical Strengths of Alkali-Activated Metakaolin, Slag, Fly Ash, and Blends 77F. Jirasit, C. H. Rüscher, L. Lohaus, and P. Chindaprasirt Preparation of Geopolymer-Type Mortar and “Light-Weight Concrete” from Copper Floatation Waste and Coal Combustion By Products 89J. Temuujin, A. Minjigmaa, B. Davaabal, Ts. Zolzaya and U. Bayarzul, Ts.Jadambaa, and C. H. Rüscher Portland Cement with Luffa Fibers 103H. A. Colorado, S. A. Colorado, and R. Buitrago-Sierra VIRTUAL MATERIALS (COMPUTATIONAL) DESIGN AND CERAMIC GENOME Two-Phase Nanocrystalline/Amorphous Simulations of Anisotropic Grain Growth using Q-State Monte-Carlo 115J. B. Allen First Principles Calculations of Dopant Effects in Boron Suboxide 131J. S. Dunn, A. B. Rahane, and Vijay Kumar Composition Dependent Hardness of Covalent Solid Solutions and Its Electronic Structure Origin 143Qing-Miao Hu, Rui Yang, Börje Johansson, and Levente Vitos Experimental and Numerical Determination of the Elastic Moduli of Freeze Cast MMC with Different Lamellae Orientation 153Matthias Merzkirch, Yuri Sinchuk, Kay André Weidenmann, and Romana Piat Doping of CeO2 as a Tunable Buffer Layer for Coated Superconductors: A DFT Study of Mechanical and Electronic Properties 169Danny E. P. Vanpoucke Quantitative Analysis of (La0.8Sr0.2)0.98MnO3± Electronic Conductivity using CALPHAD Approach 179Shadi Darvish, Surendra K, Saxena, and Yu Zhong ADVANCED CERAMIC COATINGS The Effects of Ni3Al Binder Content on the Electrochemical Response of TiC-Ni3Al Cermets 193M. B. Holmes, A. Ibrahim, G. J. Kipouros, Z. N. Farhat, and K. P. Plucknett A Study of a NiAl Bondcoat Deposited onto CMSX-4 Superalloy for Thermal Barrier Applications 203A. D. Chandio, X. Zhao, Y. Chen, M. Bai, and P. Xiao Mechanical Properties of Air Plasma Sprayed Environmental Barrier Coating (EBC) Systems: Preliminary Assessments 219Bradley T. Richards, Dongming Zhu, Louis J. Ghosn, and Haydn N. G. Wadley Iron-Copper Nitride Thin Films Fabricated by Sputtering 239Xingwu Wang, James P. Parry, Hrishikesh Kamat, Ruikun Pan, and Hao Zeng MATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS AND NANOLAMINATED TERNARY CARBIDES AND NITRIDES Influence of Nitrogen Pressure on SHS Synthesis of Ti2AlN Powders 253L. Chlubny, J. Lis, and M. M. Buko Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Coatings for Environmental Protection of Cf/SiC Composites 261Franziska Uhlmann, Christian Wilhelmi, Steffen Beyer, Stephan Schmidt-Wimmer, and Stefan Laure MATERIALS DIAGNOSTICS AND STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING OF CERAMIC COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS Nanomonitoring of Ceramic Surface 275V. A. Lapina, P. P. Pershukevich, T. A. Pavich, S. B. Bushuk, and J. Opitz Semi-Automated Inspection Unit for Ceramics 283Christian Wolf, Andreas Lehmann, and Gregor Unglaube ADVANCED MATERIALS AND INNOVATIVE PROCESSING FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ROOT TECHNOLOGY Modelling of Fluid Flow in Tape Casting of Thin Ceramics: Analytical Approaches and Numerical Investigations 291Masoud Jabbari and Jesper Hattel 2ND EUROPEAN-USA ENGINEERING CERAMICS SUMMIT AND 4TH GLOBAL YOUNG INVESTIGATORS FORUM Wettability and Reactivity of Y2O3 with Liquid Nickel and Its Alloys 309N. Sobczak, R.M. Purgert, R. Asthana, J.J. Sobczak, M. Homa, R. Nowak, G. Bruzda, A. Siewiorek, and Z. Pirowski Computational Materials Science: Where Theory Meets Experiments 323Danny E. P. Vanpoucke Author Index 335