Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis: Twenty Years of Search and Findings (A. Merzhanov).

SOLID-STATE COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS.

Recent Progress in Combustion Synthesis of High-Performance Materials in Japan (M. Koizumi & Y. Miyamoto).

Modeling and Numerical Computation of a Nonsteady SHS Process (A. Bayliss & B. Matkowsky).

New Models of Quasiperiodic Burning in Combustion Synthesis (S. Margolis, et al.).

Modeling of SHS Operations (V. Hlavacek, et al.).

Combustion Theory for Sandwiches of Alloyable Materials (R. Armstrong & M. Koszykowski).

Observations on the Combustion Reaction Between Thin Foils of Ni and Al (U. Anselmi-Tamburini & Z. Munir).

Combustion Synthesis of Intermetallic Compounds (Y. Kaieda, et al.).

Combustion Synthesis of Nickel Aluminides (B. Rabin, et al.).

Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of NiTi Intermetallics (H. Yi & J. Moore).

Shock-Induced Chemical Synthesis of Intermetallic Compounds (S. Work, et al.).

Advanced Ceramics Via SHS (T. DeAngelis & D. Weiss).

In-Situ Formation of SiC and SiC-C Blocked Solids by Self-Combustion Synthesis (S. Ikeda, et al.).

Powder Purity and Morphology Effects in Combustion-Synthesis Reactions (L. Kecskes, et al.).

Simultaneous Synthesis and Densification of Ceramic Components Under Gas Pressure by SHS (Y. Miyamoto & M. Koizumi).

The Use of Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of High-Density Titanium Diboride (P. Zavitsanos, et al.).

Metal—Ceramic Composite Pipes Produced by a Centrifugal-Thermit Process (O. Odawara).

Simultaneous Combustion Synthesis and Densification of AIN (S. Dunmead, et al.).

Fabrication of a Functionally Gradient Material by Using a Self-Propagating Reaction Process (N. Sata, et al.).

Combustion Synthesis of Oxide-Carbide Composites (L. Wang, et al.).

Heterogeneous Reaction Mechanisms in the Si-C System Under Conditions of Solid Combustion (R. Pampuch, et al.).

Experimental Modeling of Particle-Particle Interactions During SHS of TiB₂ -Al₂O₃ (K. Logan, et al.).

Combustion Synthesis in the Ti-C-Ni-Al System (S. Dunmead, et al.).

Combustion Synthesis Dynamics Modeling (T. Kottke, et al.).

Elementary Processes in SiO₂-Al Thermite-Type Reactions Activated or Induced by Mechanochemical Treatment (G. Hida & I. Lin).

Combustion Synthesis of Ceramic Preforms for Molten-Metal Infiltration (D. Halverson, et al.).

Combustion Characteristics of Solid-Solid Systems: Experiments and Modeling (S. Kumar, et al.).

Microstructure of TiB₂ Sintered by the Self-Combustion Method (K. Urabe, et al..).

A Laser-Ignition Study of Gasless Reactions Using Thermography (C. Chow & J. Mohler).

Shock-Induced Reaction Synthesis-Assisted Processing of Ceramics (R. Ward, et al.).

Summary Assessment of the Application of SPS and Related Reaction Processing to Produce Dense Ceramics (R. Rice).

Shock Consolidation of Combustion-Synthesized Ceramics (A. Niiler, et al.).

High-Pressure Burning Rate of Silicon in Nitrogen (M. Costantino & J. Holt).

Preparation of a TiC Single Crystal by the Floating-Zone Method from a Self-Combustion Rod (S. Otani, et al.).

PLASMA AND GAS-PHASE SYNTHESIS.

Thermal Plasma Synthesis of Ceramic Powders and Coatings (T. Yoshida).

A Theoretical Comparison of Conventional and Hybrid RF-Plasma Reactors (J. McKelliget & N. El-Kaddah).

Homogeneous Nucleation and Particle Growth in Thermal Plasma Synthesis (S. Girshick & C.-P.

Chiu).

Formation of Refractory Aerosol Particles (R. Flagan, et al.).

Ceramic-Powder Synthesis in an Aerosol Reactor (M. Alam, et al.).

Silica-Particle Formation Using the Counter-Flow Diffusion Flame Burner (J. Katz, et al.).

Synthesis and Properties of Low-Carbon Boron Carbides (C. Adkins, et al.).

Synthesis of Si, SiC, and Si₃N₄ Powders Under High Number Density Conditions (J. Haggerty & J. Flint).

Rapid Preparation of Titanium and Other Transition-Metal Nitride- and Carbide Powders by a Carbo-Reduction Method Using Arc-Image Heating (M. Yoshimura, et al.).

Microwave Plasma Densification of Aluminum Nitride (S. Knittel & S. Risbud).

Plasma Synthesis of Fine Powders by Counter-Flow Liquid Injection (P. Kong & E. Pfender).

Application of Nonequilibrium Gas-Dynamic Techniques to the Plasma Synthesis of Ceramic Powders (J. McFeaters & J. Moore).

Development of Tin Oxide Coatings for Use as Electrodes in Mercuric Iodide Photodetector Applications (A. Hays & R. Hughes).

Refining and Nitriding Si and Ti with a Plasma Torch (P. Humbert, et al.).

Plasma Synthesis of Iron and Chromium Carbides by Carbothermic Reduction of Their Mineral Oxides (J. Moore).

Laser Diagnostics of Plasma Species in PACVD Deposition of Hard-Face Coatings (W. Roman, et al.).

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