Papers from The American Ceramic Society's 31st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 21-26, 2007. Focuses on recent advances in coating development, processing, structural design, microstructure and property characterization, and life prediction.

Table of Contents:
Preface ix Introduction xi THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Zirconia Coatings Produced by Electrophoretic Deposition 3 Bernd Baufeld, Omer van der Biest, and Hans-Joachim Ratzer-Scheibe Elastic and Inelastic Deformation Properties of Free Standing Ceramic EB-PVD Coatings 11 Marion Bartsch, Uwe Fuchs, and Jianmin Xu Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Zirconia/Monazite-Type LaP04 Nanocomposites Fabricated by PECS 19 Seung-Ho Kim, Tohru Sekino, Takafumi Kusunose, and Ari T. Hirvonen Corrosion Behavior of New Thermal Barrier Coatings 27 R. Vassen, D. Sebold, and D. Stover MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS Monitoring the Phase Evolution of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia in Thermal Barrier Coatings Using the Rietveld Method 41 G. Witz, V. Shklover, W. Steurer, S. Bachegowda, and H.-P. Bossmann Thermal Imaging Characterization of Thermal Barrier Coatings 53 J.G. Sun Examination on Microstructural Change of a Bond Coat in a Thermal Barrier Coating for Temperature Estimation and Aluminum-Content Prediction 61 Mitstutoshi Okada, Tohru Hisamatsu, and Takayuki Kitamura Quantative Microstructural Analysis of Thermal Barrier Coatings Produced by Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition 71 Matthew Kelly, Jogender Singh, Judith Todd, Steven Copley, and Douglas Wolfe Investigation of Damage Prediction of Thermal Barrier Coating 81 Y. Ohtake ENGINEERING OF THERMAL PROPERTIES OF THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS Effect of an Opaque Reflecting Layer on the Thermal Behavior of a Thermal Barrier Coating 87 Charles M. Spuckler Optimizing of the Reflectivity of Air Plasma Sprayed Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coatings 99 A. Stuke, R. Carius, J.-L. Marques, G. Mauer, M. Schulte, D. Sebold, R. Vaßen, and D. Stover Thermal Conductivity of Nanoporous YSZ Thermal Barrier Coatings Fabricated by EB-PVD 115 Byung-Koog Jang and Hideaki Matsubara COATINGS TO RESIST WEAR, EROSION, AND TRIBOLOGICAL LOADINGS Reduction of Wear by a TiBN Multilayer Coating 127 B.-A. Behrens, A. Küper, M. Bistron, Fr.-W. Bach, K. Möhwald, and T.A. Deisser Characteristics of TiN/CrN Multilayer Coatings with TiCrN and CrTiN Interlayer 135 Xingbo Liu, Chengming Li, Jing Xu, Weizhong Tang, and Fanxiu Lv Development of a Duplex Coating Procedure (HVOF and PVD) on TI-6AL-4V Substrate for Automotive Applications 145 E. Bemporad, M. Sebastiani, F. Carassiti, F. Casadei, and R. Valle Novel Coatings of Cemented Carbides by an Improved HVOF Spraying Process 159 Makoto Watanabe, Pornthep Chivavibul, Jin Kawakita, and Seiji Kuroda Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Coatings Under Contact Load 167 Yumei Bao, Guozhong Chai, and Weina Hao COATINGS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS Heat Treatment of Plasma-Sprayed Alumina: Evolution of Microstructure and Optical Properties 177 Keith S. Caruso, David G. Drewry, Don E. King, and Justin S. Jones Porous Ceramic Foam Catalysts for N20-Based Satellite Microthrusters 193 F. Ahmed, L. Courtney, J.R. Wallbank, and P.A. Sermon MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATINGS, NANOSTRUCTURED COATINGS, AND INTERFACES PHENOMENA Development of Multi-Layered EBC for Silicon Nitride Ceramics 205 Shunkichi Ueno, Tatsuki Ohji, and Hua -Tay Lin Reactive Bonding of Sapphire Single Crystal to Tungsten-Copper Metal Composite Using Directed Vapor Deposition Process 209 Y. T. Peng, D. D. Hass, and Y.V. Murty Protective Coating on Metals Using Chromium-Free Organic-Inorganic Silica Hybrid Aqueous Solution 219 Satomi Ono and Hiroyasu Tsuge An Energy Model of Segmentation Cracking of SiOx Thin Film on a Polymer Substrate 231 Marcin Bialas and Zenon Mroz Effect of Withdrawal Speed on Thickness and Microstructure of 8MOL%Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Coatings on Inorganic Substrates 243 Srinivasa Rao Boddapati and Rajendra K. Bordia Author Index 253