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METAL, CERAMIC AND POLYMERIC COMPOSITES FOR VARIOUS USES Edited by John Cuppoletti Metal, Ceramic and Polymeric Composites for Various Uses Edited by John Cuppoletti Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution 3.0 license, which permits to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work in any medium, so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Romina Krebel Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer Jan Hyrat Image Copyright 2010. Used under license from Shutterstock.com First published July, 2011 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from [email protected] Metal, Ceramic and Polymeric Composites for Various Uses, Edited by John Cuppoletti p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-353-8 free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at www.intechopen.com Contents Preface XI Part 1 New Materials and Analytic Methods 1 Chapter 1 Growth Reinforcing Composite Materials from Liquidus Phase: Mechanical and Microstructural Parameters Relationship Essentially Evincing the Predominance of an Akin Mass Composition over the Domain of Compositions 3 B.L. Sharma and Parshotam Lal Chapter 2 In-Situ Formation of TiC Using Laser Cladding 33 Ali Emamian, Stephen F. Corbin and Amir Khajepour Chapter 3 New Superhard Ternary Borides in Composite Materials 61 Zachary Zachariev Chapter 4 Thermo-Mechanical Treatment of Glass-Balloon-Dispersed Metal Matrix Composite 79 Osamu Umezawa Chapter 5 Inversion of Physical Properties for Determining the Microstructure of Natural Composites 97 Kazatchenko E., Markov M., Mousatov A. and Pervago E. Chapter 6 Hybrid Inorganic–organic Composites of Layered Double Hydroxides Intercalated with Organic Acid Anions for the Uptake of Hazardous Substances from Aqueous Solution 123 Tomohito Kameda and Toshiaki Yoshioka Chapter 7 Hybrid Materials Based on Zn-Al Alloys 149 G. Torres-Villaseñor and E. Martínez-Flores VI Contents Chapter 8 Mechanical Behavior of Filled Thermoplastic Polymers 171 S. Bazhenov Chapter 9 Porous Ceramic Matrix Al O /Al Composites 2 3 as Supports and Precursors for Catalysts and Permeable Materials 195 S.F.Tikhov, N.A.Pakhomov, E.I.Nemykina, A.N.Salanov, V.A.Sadykov, V.E.Romanenkov and Ya.Ya. Piatsiushyk Chapter 10 On Thermal Conductivity of an In-Situ Metal Matrix Composite - Cast Iron 211 J.K.Chen and S.F.Chen Chapter 11 Synthesis and Characterization of Ordered Mesoporous Silica Pillared Clay with HPW Heteropoly Acid Encapsulated into the Framework and Its Catalytic Performance for Deep Oxidative Desulfurization of Fuels 225 Baoshan Li, Zhenxing Liu, Jianjun Liu, Zhiyuan Zhou, Xiaohui Gao, Xinmei Pang and Huiting Sheng Chapter 12 Biocomposites Based on New Monomer Systems Reinforced with Micro / Nanoparticles and Glass Fibers 239 Cristina Prejmerean, Tinca Buruiana, Teresa Nunes, Marioara Moldovan and Loredana Colceriu Chapter 13 Wollastonite-Based Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramic Composites 265 Henry A. Colorado, Clem Hiel, Thomas Hahn and Jenn Ming Yang Chapter 14 Microstructure and High-Temperature Strength of 9CrODS Ferritic Steel 283 Shigeharu Ukai Chapter 15 Spider Silk Composites and Applications 303 Yang Hsia, Eric Gnesa, Felicia Jeffery, Simon Tang and Craig Vierra Chapter 16 Natural Silkworm Silk-Epoxy Resin Composite for High Performance Application 325 K.M. Kelvin Loh and C.K. Willy Tan Chapter 17 Noncrystalline L-Phenylalanine-Silica Hybrid Composite Materials for High Selective Reversed Phase Liquid Chromatography 341 M. Mizanur Rahman, Makoto Takafuji and Hirotaka Ihara Contents VII Part 2 New Materials with Unique Properties 355 Chapter 18 High Dispersion Power of Cardo-Typed Fluorene Moieties on Carbon Fillers 357 Shinichi Kawasaki, Fengzhe Jin and Toshikazu Takata Chapter 19 Optical Properties and Some Applications of Plasmonic Heterogeneous Materials 377 Sergey Moiseev Chapter 20 Polymer-Bioglass Composite Coatings: A Promising Alternative for Advanced Biomedical Implants 393 Floroian Laura, Popescu Andrei, Serban Natalia and Mihailescu Ion N. Chapter 21 Effects of Filler Content on Mechanical and Optical Properties of Dental Composite Resins 421 Seyed Mostafa Mousavinasab Part 3 Applications of New Materials 429 Chapter 22 Tuneable Composites Containing Magnetic Microwires 431 L. Panina, M. Ipatov, V. Zhukova, J. Gonzalez and A. Zhukov Chapter 23 3D Network SiC-Metals Composites for Heavy Duty Brake Applications 461 Hongqiang Ru, Jingyang Li and Wei Wang Chapter 24 Smart Magnetic Composites 475 Jerzy Kaleta, Daniel Lewandowski, Rafał Mech and Piotr Zając Chapter 25 Magnetic and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Nd-Fe-B Composite Materials with Polymer Matrix 505 Aleksandar Grujić, Jasna Stajić-Trošić, Mirko Stijepović, Jasmina Stevanović and Radoslav Aleksić Chapter 26 Composite Materials for Some Radiophysics Applications 525 S.B.Bibikov and M.V. Prokof’ev Chapter 27 The Composite Materials for Localization of Volatile Radioactive Iodine Forms from Steam-Air Phase during Severe Accidents at NPPs 545 Sergey A. Kulyukhin, Lubov' V. Mizina, Igor' A. Rumer and Nikolay B. Mikheev VIII Contents Chapter 28 Composite Materials under Extreme Radiation and Temperature Environments of the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors 571 Nicholas Simos Chapter 29 Graphite-Composites Alternatives for Electrochemical Biosensor 597 Ninoska Bojorge and Eliana Alhadeff Chapter 30 Composite Cathode Material for Li-Ion Batteries Based on LiFePO System 621 4 Janina Molenda and Marcin Molenda Chapter 31 Multilayer Fresnel Zone Plate with High- Diffraction Efficiency: Application of Composite Layer to X-ray Optics 637 Shigeharu Tamura Chapter 32 New Composite Materials for Decreasing of Radioactive Molecular Iodine in the Water Coolant in Working and New Developed NPPs 655 Sergey A. Kulyukhin and Lubov' V. Mizina Chapter 33 The Glass Transition Temperature in Dental Composites 669 J.C.S. Moraes, M.M.D.S. Sostena and C.R. Grandini