Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan

 The effect of different alkaline catalysts on the formation of silica

aerogels prepared by the solgel approach.
Yujing WANG1 , Junnan HAN1,³ , Jiexiu ZHAI1 and Daling YANG1
1Department of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian
116024, P. R. China.
Link: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcersj2/128/7/128_19226/_pdf/-
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 Fabrication and characterization of hierarchical porous SiC ceramics

via gelcasting and carbothermal reduction between carbon and SiO.
Hua CHENG1 , Jian-Feng YANG1,³ and Nan-Long ZHANG1 1 State Key
Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University,
Xi’an 710049, China.
Link: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcersj2/128/9/128_20063/_pdf/-
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 Development of bioceramics with life functions by harnessing

crystallographic anisotropy and their biological evaluations.
Mamoru AIZAWA1,2,³ 1 School of Science and Technology, Meiji
University, 1–1–1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214–8571, Japan 2
International Institute for Materials with Life Functions, Meiji University, 1–1–
1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214–8571, Japan.
Link: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcersj2/128/12/128_20161/_pdf/-
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 Control of diatomaceous earth insulating brick shrinkage when firing

by addition of calcium sources.
Naoya SASAKI1,³ and Masayuki OKUNO2 1Kutani Ware Research Center,
Industrial Research Institute of Ishikawa, Ha 21–3 Shorenji, Komatsu,
Ishikawa 923–0151, Japan 2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi,
Kanazawa 920–1192, Japan.
Link: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcersj2/128/11/128_20086/_pdf/-
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