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Preface vii <p>Introduction ix</p> <p><b>ARMOR CERAMICS</b></p> <p>A Comparison of Damage in Glass and Ceramic Targets 3<br /><i>Brady Aydelotte, Phillip Jannotti, Mark Andrews, and Brian Schuster</i></p> <p>SPS Sintered Silicon Carbide-Boron Carbide Composites 13<br /><i>Zeynep Ayguzer Yasar, R. A. Haber, and William Rafaniello</i></p> <p>Effect of Al2O3 on the Densification and Microstructure of B4C 21<br /><i>K. D. Behler, J. C. LaSalvia, E. R. Shanholtz, M. C. Golt, Scott Walck, and K. A. Kuwelkar</i></p> <p>Ballistic Testing of Small 3D-Printed Alumina Disks with the Energy Method 31<br /><i>Erik Carton and Jaap Weerheijm</i></p> <p>The Effect of Powder Oxygen Content on the Morphology of Silicon Carbide Densified via Spark Plasma Sintering 39<br /><i>V. DeLucca and R. A. Haber</i></p> <p>Low Temperature Fabrication of Reaction Bonded Boron Carbide Composites Infiltrated with Al-Si Alloys 49<br /><i>N. Frage, E. Oz, E. Ionash, H. Dilman, and S. Hayun</i></p> <p>Chemical Interactions in B4C/WC Powder Mixtures Heated Under Inert and Oxidizing Atmospheres 57<br /><i>E. R. Shanholtz, J. C. LaSalvia, K. D. Behler, S. D. Walck, A. Giri, and K. Kuwelkar</i></p> <p>Simulation of Dwell-to-Penetration Transition for SiC Ceramics Subjected to Impact of Tungsten Long Rods 65<br /><i>Jianming Yuan, Geoffrey E. B. Tan, and Wei Liang Goh</i></p> <p>The First Static and Dynamic Analysis of 3-D Printed Sintered Ceramics for Body Armor Applications 75<br /><i>Tyrone Jones, Jeffrey J. Swab, and Benjamin Becker</i></p> <p><b>NEXT GENERATION BIOCERAMICS</b></p> <p>In Vitro Properties of Ag-Containing Calcium Phosphates 87<br /><i>Ozkan Gokcekaya, Kyosuke Ueda, Takayuki Narushima, Kouetsu Ogasawara, and Hiroyasu Kanetaka</i></p> <p>The Use of Bioceramic Dental Cements—An Overview 95<br /><i>Leif Hermansson and Jesper Lööf</i></p> <p>Combined Effects of Silicate, Calcium and Magnsium Ions on Osteoblast-Like Cell Functions 107<br /><i>A. Obata, T. Ogasawara, S. Yamada, and T. Kasuga</i></p> <p>Bone Regeneration and Angiogenesis in Rat Calvarial Defects Implanted with Strong Porous Bioactive Glass (13-93) Scaffolds Doped with Copper or Loaded with BMP2 113<br /><i>Mohamed N. Rahaman, Yinan Lin, and B. Sonny Bal</i></p> <p>Design, Fabrication and Testing of Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for Structural Bone Repair 127<br /><i>Wei Xiao, Mohsen Asle Zaeem, Mohamed N. Rahaman, and B. Sonny Bal</i></p> <p><b>POROUS CERAMICS</b></p> <p>Effect of Membranes in Exhaust Particulate Filtration 139<br /><i>J. Adler and U. Petasch</i></p> <p>Enforcing of Mechanical Properties of Alumina Foams 149<br /><i>Bodo Zierath, Peter Greil, Martin Stumpf, and Tobias Fey</i></p> <p>3D Mapping of Density and Crack Propagation Through Sintering of Catalyst Tablets by X-Ray Tomography 163<br /><i>H. S. Jacobsen, A. Puig-Molina, N. Dalskov, and H. L. Frandsen</i></p> <p>Author Index 171</p>

<p><b>Jerry C. LaSalvia</b> is the editor of <i>Advances in Ceramic Armor, Bioceramics, and Porous Materials</i>, Volume 37, Issue 4, published by Wiley.</p> <p><b>Roger Narayan</b> is the editor of <i>Advances in Ceramic Armor, Bioceramics, and Porous Materials</i>, Volume 37, Issue 4, published by Wiley.</p> <p><b>Paolo Colombo</b> is the editor of <i>Advances in Ceramic Armor, Bioceramics, and Porous Materials</i>, Volume 37, Issue 4, published by Wiley.</p>

<p>A collection of 17 papers from thee popular symposia - Symposium 4: Armor Ceramics; Symposium 5: Next Generation Bioceramics and Biocomposites; and Symposium 9: Porous Ceramics: Novel Developments and Applications held during The American Ceramic Society’s 40th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 24-29, 2016.</p>

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