A collection of 15 papers from The American Ceramic Society’s 40th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 24-29, 2016. This issue includes papers presented in Symposia 6 - Advanced Materials and Technologies for Energy Generation, Conversion, and Rechargeable Energy Storage; Symposium 13 - Advanced Ceramics and Composites for Sustainable Nuclear Energy and Fusion Energy, and Focused Session 2 – Advanced Ceramic Materials and Processing for Photonics and Energy.
Preface vii
Introduction ix
ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR SUSTAINABLE NUCLEAR FISSION AND FUSION ENERGY
Low Temperature Air Braze Process for Joining Silicon Carbide Components Used in Heat Exchangers, Fusion and Fission Reactors, and Other Energy Production and Chemical Synthesis Systems 3
J. R. Fellows, C. A. Lewinsohn, Y. Katoh, and T. Koyanagi
Composition, Structure, Manufacture, and Properties of SiC-SiC CMCs for Nuclear Applications: Informational Chapters in the ASME BPV Code Section III 17
Michael G. Jenkins, Stephen T. Gonczy, and Yutai Katoh
Hoop Tensile Strength of Composite Tubes for LWRS Applications Using Internal Pressurization: Two ASTM Test Methods 23
Michael G. Jenkins, Jonathan A. Salem, and Janine E. Gallego
Used Fuel Content Verification Using Lead Slowing Down Spectroscopy 31
Matthew G. Smith and Raghunath Kanakala
Application of Selective Area Laser Deposition to the Manufacture of SiC-SiC Composite Nuclear Fuel Cladding 37
R. Neall, T. Abram, and M. Goodfellow
Synthesis of High Purity Li5AlO4 Powder by Solid State Reaction Under the H2 Firing 49
Seiya OglS.