The development of particulate materials is accelerating at a tremendous speed and
nanoparticles have gradually gained worldwide attention. Among them, silicon carbide (SiC) …

The recognition that bulk nanoceramic materials, having grain sizes typically 100 nm or
finer, possess appealing mechanical, physical and tribological properties has generated …

The most commonly used bearing couple in prosthetic hip or knee joint replacements
consists of a cobalt–chrome (CoCr) metal alloy articulating against ultrahigh‐molecular …

Unsaturated polyester resin specimens embedded with small loadings of 36nm average
diameter TiO2 particles were fabricated using a direct ultrasonification method to study the …

The paper reviews the wear behaviour of oxide ceramics. Wear maps are considered and
consequently mild and severe wear are defined. Since the use of ceramics in engineering …

Aluminas and alumina/SiC composites with systematic variations in microstructure were
subjected to an abrasive wear test. The wear rate, area fraction of pullout by brittle fracture …

Al2O3–SiC composites containing up to 30wt.% of dispersed SiC particles (∼ 280nm) were
fabricated via hot-pressing and machined as cutting tools. The Al2O3–SiC particulate …

This technical paper describes the abrasive wear rate of as-cast and heat-treated Al (6061)
alloy reinforced with 9% by weight of SiC particulate and 0, 1, 3 and 5% by weight of E-glass …

A rapidly developing area of ceramic science and technology involves research on the
interaction between implanted biomaterials and the human body. Over the past half century …

An alumina-based nanocomposite is fabricated through the addition of secondary
nanophase material to an alumina matrix to alter and tailor the properties of alumina. The …