• Journal of Ceramic Processing Research
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.351-357
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• 2020

To prevent the oxidation of ultra-high-temperature ceramic zirconium diboride (ZrB2) at high temperatures, this study fabricated sintered composites containing silicon carbide and tungsten carbide, and examined the properties related to hightemperature oxidation. Spark plasma sintering was employed for rapid sintering, and a high-temperature torch test was conducted on samples to determine their surface oxidation behaviour. The composites oxidised at high temperature showed different surface oxidation behaviour according to the type of carbide-based additive. Composites containing both carbides, which have different oxidation mechanisms, exhibited better resistance to oxidation than those containing a single carbide.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.477-484
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• 2022

Thermal protection systems (TPS) are a group of materials that are indispensable for protecting spacecraft from the aerodynamic heating occurring during entry into an atmosphere. Among candidate materials for TPS, ceramic insulation materials are usually considered for reusable TPS. In this study, ceramic insulation materials, such as alumina enhanced thermal barrier (AETB), are fabricated via typical ceramic processing from ceramic fiber and additives. Mixtures of silica and alumina fibers are used as raw materials, with the addition of B4C to bind fibers together. Reaction-cured glass is also added on top of AETB to induce water-proof functionality or high emissivity. Some issues, such as the elimination of clumps in the AETB, and processing difficulties in the production of reusable surface insulation are reported as well.

• Ceramist
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.4-15
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• 2020

The recent advances and popularity of 3D printing technology have centered around building polymerbased 'plastic' materials, due to their low cost, simple and efficient processing, and mechanical toughness. For this reason, printable polymers are actively recruited to create 'ceramic resins' that allow more facile fabrication of ceramic materials that are difficult to print directly. Herein, a brief history and the current state of ceramic 3D printing technology aided by polymer is summarized. In addition, a new ceramic 3D printing technology using polymer-derived ceramics (PDC) is also introduced.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.74-79
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• 1999

Langasite($La_3Ga_5SiO_14$) is a new piezoelectric material which is similar to quartz, LN($LiNbO_3$) and LT($LiTaO_3$) in its acoustic behavior. In this study, pure Langasite and Lagnasite family groups were synthesized by the solid state reactions in air. The diffusion species for synthesis were investigated and the sintered body was studied on dielectric property to comparison of characteristics. Also, Langasite single crystals were grown by self-designed Czochralski system and characterized.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.50-54
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• 1999

Plasma display panel is a potential candidate for HDTV, due to the fact that the screen size can easily be increased by a thick film technology. In this study, transparent dielectric materials which satisfied the requirements of dielectrics for PDP was developed using lead alumina borosilicate glasses. The Paste which had thixotropic behavior suitable for screen printing was made of this glass composition. the paste became more thixotropic as the particle size decreased. After firing, the cross sectional area of the thick film was analyzed by SEM. The voids in the thick film were removed using bimodal particle system. The dielectric thick film showed good adhesion characteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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• v.29A no.10
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• pp.17-23
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• 1992

A ($Pb_{1-x}Ca_{x})ZrO_{3}$ system which has a high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss and temperature coefficient was investigated. For sintering temperatures above 1350$^{\circ}C$ the microstructures of sintered bodies were unchanged regardless of the amount of CaO. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss decreased and the temperature coefficient varied from positive to negative with the increasing amount of CaO. For the CaO content of 0.37, i.e. ($Pb_{0.63}Ca_{0.37})ZrO_{3}$, the ceramic showed very good dielectric properties such as ${\varepsilon}_1$=100, Q > 1200 at 3GHz, and T$_f$=$\pm$3ppm/$^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.309-317
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• 2000

Langasite is a promising new piezoelectric material for SAW filter application. Little was known until recently about the methods needed to mechanically polish and chemically polish/etch this material. In this experiment, polishing, slurry chemistry and chemical wet etching for langasite is described. Conventional quartz and LN ($LiNbO_3$) polishing methods did not produce satisfactory polished surfaces, and polishing with a colloidal silica slurries has shown to be most effective. The optimum condition was investigated by changing the slurry chemistry. As the planarization effect is very important in SAW filter applications, the examination of the effective particle number effect and the particle size effect was carried out. Z-cut langasite surface which had been polished with the colloidal silica slurries was etched in a variety of etchants. Conventional quartz etchants destroyed the polished surface. Other etchants formed a thin film on the surfaces. In this experiment, the reaction between langasite and a few etching solution was analysed. And an appropriate selective etchant solution for analyzing the defects was synthesized.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.308-317
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• 2012

Reactive processing, such as reactive hot pressing (RHP) and reactive spark plasma sintering (R-SPS), is effective densification method to prepare $ZrB_2$-based ultra high temperature ceramics (UHTCs). The present paper reviewed some typical reactive processing of $ZrB_2$-based UHTCs. All the reactions from the starting materials in the reactive processing are thermodynamically favorable, which generate enough energy and driving force for the densification of the final products under a relatively low temperature. Besides, compared with non-reactive processing, anisotropic $ZrB_2$ grains, such as $ZrB_2$ platelets, can only be obtained in the reactive processing, resulting in an improvement of the mechanical properties.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Laser Processing Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.47-50
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• 1998

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.116-120
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• 2009

Ceramic-polymer composites have been investigated for their suitability as embedded capacitor materials because they combine the processing ability of polymers with the desired dielectric properties of ceramics. This paper discusses the dielectric properties of the ceramic ($BaTiO_3$)-polymer (Epoxy) composition as a function of ceramic particle size at a ceramic loading of 40 vol%. The dielectric constant of these ceramic-polymer composites increases as the powder size decreases. Results show that ceramic-polymer composites have a high dielectric constant associated with the $BaTiO_3$ powder with a 200 nm particle size, high insulation resistance, high breakdown voltage (> 22 KV/mm), and low dielectric loss (0.018-0.024) at 1 MHz.