Advanced powder technology VIII selected, peer reviewed papers from the Eighth Latin American Conference on Powder Technology, November 6-9, 2011, Florianópolis, Brazil (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
This special collection of peer-reviewed papers focuses on the powder technology of metals, ceramics and composites. The 343 papers are grouped into 3 chapters: 1 - Powder Metallurgy; 2 - Ceramics I; 3 - Ceramics II. The topics covered range over powder production, ceramics processing, properties, powder compaction and sintering, injection moulding and mechanical alloying. A special session dealt with nanomaterials, fuel cells, storage energy materials, biomaterials, sintering atmospheres, PM markets, characterization and applications. Temporary description, more details to follow