This book provides a state-of-the-art collection of recent papers on eco-materials processing and design as presented at the 6th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim6) in September of 2005 in Maui, Hawaii.

Table of Contents:
Preface ix Preparation of Sialon-Based Materials From Coal Fly Ash Using Carbothermal Reduction and Nitridation Method  1 Masahiro Kamiya, Ryo Sasai, and Hideaki Itoh Aqueous Tape Casting of LZSA Glass Ceramics 9 CM. Gomes, F.N. Biscaia, J.T. Quinaud, O.R.K. Montedo, A.P.N. Oliveira, and D. Hotza Direct Coagulation Casting of Aqueous Silicon Carbide Slurry by Addition of Boron Nitride 17 Seizo Obata, Naoyuki Kato, Osamu Sakurada, and Minoru Hashiba Effect of Aqueous Based Fatty Acid Chain Length on the Thermal Decomposition and Rheological Properties of Extruded Thin Walled Pastes 29 C.R. August, R.A. Haber, and L.E. Reynolds Gelcasting Process With Biopolymer in Natural Oil for Making  Ceramic Sphere 39 Thammarat Panyathanmaporn, Rung-Arun Chumnanklang, Sitthisuntorn Supothina, and Angkhana Jaroenworaluck Low-Temperature Sintered LZSA Cellular Glass Ceramics 49 E. Sousa, C.R. Rambo, D. Hotza, A.P. Novaes de Oliveira, and T. Fey Low-Energy Synthesis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Micro-Wave Sintering 59 S. Takahashi, S. Suda, K. Jono, K. Kawahara, and A. Doi Reduction of Carbon Dioxides Emission in the Ferrochrome  Manufacturing with Aluminum 67 Hideya Matsumura, Takashi Hashizume, Atsushi Saiki, and Kiyoshi Terayama The Effect of Pretreatment on Hydrothermal Processing for Recycling of Zirconia Product 71   Tomohiko Ogata, Takuya Mastubara, Hiromi Nakano, Kazuyori Urabe, and Toshihiko Nishida Development of Non-Heating Recycling Method for Used Lead-Glass 83 R. Sasai, H. Kubo, M. Kamiya, and H. Itoh The Effect of Crystal Phase Formation on Leachability of Pb from Glass Ceramics Prepared from Industrial Zinc Waste 91 Bussaraporn Patarachao, Sirithan Jiemsirilers, ParjareeThavorniti, and Sitthisuntorn Supothina High Percentages of Hydrometallurgical Zinc Waste Loading in Unglazed Tile Body 99 Laksana Kreethawate, Sirithan Jiemsirilers, Parjaree Thavorniti, and Sitthisunthon Supothina Design and Development of Environmentally-Friendly Photocatalytic Eco-Materials Using Solar Energy 107 Masakazu Anpo and Masaya Matsuoka Degradation of Benzene Using Photocalytic Ti02-Based Nano- Compounded Coatings 115 Huang Chen and Soo Wohn Lee Understanding the Adsorption and Photoreaction of Oxalic Acid on Anatase Nanoparticles 121 Cecilia B. Mendive, Thomas Bredow, Miguel A. Blesa, and Detlef W. Bahnemann Effects of Constituents in Photo/Biocatalytic Hydrogen Production System Using Experimental Design Tool 139 Hyunku Joo, Yongho Jang, Sangbong Lee, and Yong-gun Shul Evaluation of Titania Photocatalyst Added Zirconia and Nitrogen by the Water Purification Performance 155 Eiji Watanabe, Mitsuharu Fukaya, and Hiroshi Taoda Photocatalytic Properties of Ti02 and FE(lll)-, Z(II)- and Si(IV)-Doped Ti02 Nanopowders Synthesized By Sol-Gel 165 Qingfeng Li, Wei Yuan, Desheng Ai, Changsheng Deng, and Xiaming Dai Study on Titanium Oxynitrides by Hydrothermal Method Using a Fractional Factorial Design and Fluidized Bed Chemical Vapor Deposition (FB-CVD) 175 Hyunku Joo, Jaehyeon Park, Seung Yong Lee, and Jinwook Ha Correlation Between Anatase-to-Rutile Phase Ratio to Photocatalytic Activity of Ti02 Obtained by Sol-Gel Method 187 Kannikar Juengsuwattananon, Supatra Jinawath, Sitthisuntorn Supothina, Angkhana Jaroenworaluck, and Thammarat Panyathammaporn Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue in Water by UV- Irradiated ATa03 (A = Li, Na, K) Sol-Gel 197 Leticia M. Torres-Martinez, Lorena L. Garza-Tovar, and Eduardo M. López R. Application of Computational Ceramic Engineering to Photocatalytic Ti02, Defect Structures in Ti02, and Multidomain Ferroelectrics 213 J. Brandon Keith, H. Wang, Dorian M. Hatch, and James P. Lewis Preparation of Ti02 Coating on Glass Substrate by Non-Aqueous Sol and Comparison of Controled Atmosphere and Microwave Drying Technique225 Boonchoy Soontornworajit, Thammarat Panyathanmaporn, Angkhana Jaroenworaluck, and Sitthisuntorn Supothina Author Index 233