This book provides a state-of-the-art collection of papers presented at the 6th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology presented in Maui, Hawaii in September of 2005.

Table of Contents:
The SPS Process: Characterization and Fundamental Investigations. Study on the Process Mechanism in Spark Plasma Sintering / Zhengyi Fu, Kun Wang, Tianya Tan, Yan Xiong, Daihua He, Yucheng Wang, Zuhair A Munir The Spark-Plasma-Sintering (SPS) Process in Comparison with Various Conventional Compaction Methods / Paul Angerer, Erich Neubauer, Li Gen Yu, Khiam Aik Khor Fundamental Investigations of Reactivity and Densification in the SPS / U Anselmi-Tamburini, Z A Munir Development of Advanced Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) Systems and its Industrial Applications / Masao Tokita Calcaulation of Electric Field and Spark of Punch Surface for Pulsed Electric Current Sintering / DM Zhang, LM Zhang, ZZ Wang Sintering Studies by Pulsed Electric Current. Preparation of Porous Alumina Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering / Won-Seung Cho, Yeon-Chul Yoo, Chin Myung Whang, Nam-Hee Cho, Jun-Gyu Kim, Young-Jae Kwon, Z A Munir Ti/Hydroxyapatite Hybrid Material Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering / T Tsujimoto, T Tanaka, K Oshiro, H Fujimori, M Matsuura, S Goto, S Yamamoto Sintering Behavior of Aluminum Alloy-Carbon Composite by SPS / Takashi Yoshioka, Kiminori Sato, Shinsuke Tanaka, Sumasu Yamada, Yukio Makino Spark Plasma Sintering of Less-Crystallized Boron Carbide with Defects / Yasuhiro Kodera, Naoaki Isibashi, Takahito Imai, Takeshi Yamamoto, Manshi Ohyanagi, Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini, Zuhair A Munir High-Density (Na, K)NbO Piezoelectric Ceramics Fabricated by Spark Plasma Sintering / T Saito, T Ochiai, Y Matsuo, T Wada Preparation of Amorphous Sintered Body / Kazuyuki Kakegawa, Naoki Akiyama, Sofia Saori Suzuki, Naofumi Uekawa, Takashi Kojima SiCp/Al Composites Fabricated by Spark Plasma Sintering / LM Zhang, XF Gu, DM Zhang, MJ Yang, ZZ Wang Structural Transformation of Stacking Disorder SiC with Densification by Spark Plasma Sintering / Yasuhiro Kodera, Naoki Toyofuku, Takeshi Yamamoto, Manshi Ohyanagi, Zuhair A Munir Consolidation of Carbon Material with Disordered Structure by Spark Plasma Sintering / Takeshi A Yamamoto, Takayuki Nakayama, Manshi Ohyanagi, Atsuki Kaneuchi, Zuhair A Munir Spark Sintering Rate of Pure Copper Powder Compact / K Matsugi, H Kuramoto, G Sasaki, O Yanagisawa Synthesis/Sintering of Dense Carbides-, Borides- and Perovskites-Based Materials by SPS / Antonio Mario Locci, Roberta Licheri, Roberto Orṛ, Alberto Cincotti, Giacomo Cao Simultaneous Synthesis and Densification of TiSi/SiC Submicron-Composites via Spark Plasma Sintering / Lianjun Wang, Wan Jiang, Chao Qin, Lidong Chen Consolidation of Nanostructured Materials. Spark Sintering of Electroless Nickel or Tin Plated Metal, Carbide, Oxide and Sulfide Powders / K Matsugi, G Sasaki, O Yanagisawa Synthesis and Consolidation of Zirconia Nanopowders via A Unique Reverse Micelle Synthesis Process and Spark Plasma Sintering / Olivia A Graeve, Harpreet Singh, Andrew Clifton Consolidation of Nano-Ceramics by SPS; Kinetic Considerations / Mats Nygren, Zhijian Shen Production of Dense Nanostructured Materials using Fapas and SPS Techniques / Fřďric Bernard, Eric Gaffet, Zuhair Munir Pore Free Consolidation with Nanocrystalline Control in Ceramics / Hiroshi Kimura Property Evaluation of Pulse Electric Current Sintered Materials. Mechanical Properties of Hydroxyapatites Sintered by Spark Plasma Sintering / Takumi Nakamura, Tatsuya Fukuhara, Hiroshi Izui Evaluation of Al-Si-C-N Ceramics Fabricated by Spark Plasma Sintering / Ryota Kobayashi, Junichi Tatami, Toru Wakihara, Katsutoshi Komeya, Takeshi Meguro, Takashi Goto Thermoelectric Properties of P-Type BiSbTe Compounds Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering Method / D C Cho, S Y Kim, C H Lim, W S Cho, C H Lee, S Y Shin, Z A Munir Mechanical Properties of Ti-15-3 Alloy Reinforced with SiC Fibers by Spark Plasma Sintering / Hiroshi Izui, So Kinbara, Michiharu Okano Crystallographic Behaviors of Nano-Powder Anatase Consolidated by SPS Method / Yukio Makino Author Index