Chinese Ceramics Communications II

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).Powders are the raw material for ceramics; the starting compositions for preparing bulk or film products. In addition, powders are used as additives to metals, polymers and composites. Whatever their function, powders - their characteristics and performance - govern the properties and quality of finished materials and products. Therefore, the importance of powders, including their synthesis and testing, cannot be overstated. The objective of this collection of peer-reviewed papers was to provide a forum where researchers, engineers and students could disseminate their latest research results and exchange views concerning the latest developments in novel technologies for fabricating and analyzing ceramic powders. This work is an essential guide to the above topics.Presented in this volume are 111 papers from the July 2011 Workshop on Synthesis and Characterization of Inorganic Powders, held in Kunming, China. Researchers, engineers, and students working in ceramics, materials science and engineering, chemistry, physics, and other fields in China share their research on new technology to fabricate and analyze various ceramic powders, including nanopowders and nanoparticles and their preparation, effects, synthesis and photocatalysis, photoluminescence, characterization, magnetic and ferroelectric properties, phase assembly, structure, thermodynamic analysis, and other aspects.