Chapter 3 Market and Technology Background
- Advanced Ceramic Powder Manufacturing
 - New Fabrication Processes
 - Thermal Decomposition
 - Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
 - Plasma Processes
 - Sol-Gel Techniques
 - Precipitation
 - Hydrothermal Synthesis
 - Emulsion Process
 - Laser Synthesis
 - Combustion Synthesis/Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis
 - Combinatorially Discovered Materials
 - Powder Synthesis Comparison
 - Materials
 - Structural Ceramics
 - Electronic Ceramics
 - Ceramic Coatings
 - Chemical and Environmental Control Related
 - Medical Ceramics
 - Advanced Structural Ceramics
 - Monolithic Structural Ceramics
 - Ceramic Matrix Composites
 - Ceramic Coatings
 - Electronic Ceramics
 - Insulators
 - Substrates, IC Packages and Multichip Modules
 - Capacitors
 - Piezoelectric Ceramics
 - Advanced Batteries and Fuel Cells
 - Magnetic Ferrites
 - Superconductors
 - Chemical and Environmental-Related Ceramics
 - Ceramics for Medical Applications
 - Technical Issues
 - Particle Size
 - Rheology Control
 - Uniformity
 - Other Material Properties
 - End-User Industries
 - Companies
 - Output
 - Worldwide Market for Advanced and Nanoscale Ceramic Powders
 
Chapter 5 Carbide Powders
- Material Types
 - Synthesis and Powder Preparation
 - Acheson Process for Silicon Carbide
 - Thermex Process
 - Electric Arc Process for Boron Carbide
 - Sol-Gel Technique
 - Polymer Pyrolysis
 - Gas-Phase Process
 - NIST Process
 - Production of Powders for Advanced Ceramics
 - Properties
 - Applications
 - Suppliers
 - Markets
 - Prices
 - Markets
 
Chapter 6 Nitride Powders
- Material Types
 - Synthesis and Powder Preparation
 - Direct Nitridation
 - Carbothermal Reduction
 - Pyrolysis
 - Gas-Phase Reactions
 - Sol-Gel Techniques
 - Laser or Microwave Synthesis
 - Properties
 - Applications
 - Suppliers
 - Markets
 - Silicon Nitride
 - Aluminum Nitride
 - Boron Nitride
 - Overall Nitride Markets
 
Chapter 8 Nanoscale Ceramic Powders
- Material Types
 - Properties
 - Fabrication of Nanopowders
 - Gas-Phase Processing
 - Wet-Phase Processing
 - Mechanical Processing
 - Applications
 - Ceramic Filters
 - Superplastic Ceramics
 - Low Processing Temperature Components
 - Optical/Electrical
 - Ceramic-Ceramic Joining
 - Structural Ceramics Applications
 - Catalysts and Catalyst Supports
 - Ferrofluids
 - Sunscreens
 - Advanced Coatings
 - Medical
 - Suppliers
 - Products and Channels of Distribution
 - Market Leaders
 - Markets
 
Chapter 9 Company Profiles
- ABCR Gmbh & Co. Kg
 - Acumentrics Corp.
 - Advanced Composite Materials Llc.
 - Almatis Gmbh
 - Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.
 - Alteo Na Llc
 - Aluchem Inc.
 - Aluminum Company Of America (Alcoa)
 - AMSC
 - Aremco Products
 - Argonide Corp.
 - Baikowski Group
 - BASF AG
 - Bayer Ag
 - Bloom Energy Inc.
 - Cabot Microelectronics Corp.
 - Carbo Ceramics
 - Cathay Pigments
 - C-E Minerals
 - Ceradyne Inc.
 - Ceralox Division
 - Ceramatec Inc.
 - Ceramtec Gmbh
 - Chemat Technology Inc.
 - Coorstek Inc.
 - Corning Inc.
 - Cotronics Corp.
 - Da Nanomaterials
 - Demeter Technologies
 - E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co.
 - Electro Abrasives Corp.
 - Elkem Silicon Materials
 - Evonik Industries, Ag
 - Ferro Corp.
 - Ferrotec Corp.
 - Fujifilm Planar Solutions Llc
 - Fujimi Corp.
 - Gelest Inc.
 - GFS Chemicals Inc.
 - H.C. Stark Gmbh
 - Hadron Technologies Inc.
 - Hoosier Magnetics Inc.
 - Inframat Corp.
 - Innova Superconductor Technology Co., Ltd.
 - Innovnano
 - Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.
 - Kennametal Inc.
 - Kyocera Corp.
 - Mach 1 Inc.
 - Markinter Co.
 - Materials Modification Inc.
 - Materion Corp.
 - MEL Chemicals
 - MER Corp.
 - Micro Abrasives Corp.
 - Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
 - MS Technology Inc.
 - Nanocerox
 - Nanogram Corp.
 - Nanophase Technologies Inc.
 - Nanosys Corp.
 - NEI Corp.
 - Nextech
 - Nyacol Nano Technologies Inc.
 - Oerlikon Metco Inc.
 - Powder Processing And Technology
 - PQ Corp.
 - Praxair Surface Technologies
 - Praxair Surface Technologies Inc.
 - Primet Precision Materials Inc.
 - Reade Advanced Materials
 - Rio Tinto Alcan
 - Saint-Gobain Ceramics And Plastics
 - Solvay
 - Steward Advanced Materials
 - Strem Chemicals
 - Stryker Orthobiologics
 - SCI Engineered Materials Inc.
 - Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd.
 - Superior Graphite Co.
 - Tosoh Corp.
 - TRS Technologies Inc.
 - UBE Industries Ltd.
 - UK Abrasives Inc.
 - Umicore
 - Unimin Corp.
 - United States Products Co.
 - US Technical Ceramics
 - Washington Mills Electro Minerals Corp.
 - Yageo Corp.
 - Zircoa Inc.
 - ZYP Coatings Inc.
 
List of Tables
Summary Table: Global Market for Advanced and Nanoscale Ceramic Powders, by Type, Through 2023
Table 1: Commonly Used Advanced Ceramic Material Families
Table 2: Plasma Synthesis of Ceramic Powders
Table 3: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Powder Synthesis Process
Table 4: Various Ceramic Materials Used in the Powder Synthesis Process
Table 5: Current and Potential Applications of Advanced Ceramic Materials
Table 6: Current and Potential Applications of Advanced Structural Ceramics
Table 7: Properties of Selected Commercial Alumina Ceramics
Table 8: Properties of Norzide YZ-110HS Tetragonal Zirconia Ceramics
Table 9: Fracture Toughness and Critical Flaw Sizes of Monolithic and Composite Ceramic Materials
Table 10: Properties of Monolithic Ceramics and Ceramic Composites
Table 11: Thermal Conductivity of Various Zirconia Ceramics
Table 12: General Applications for High-Performance Ceramic Coating Materials
Table 13: Representative Flame-and Plasma-Sprayed Materials, Melting or Softening Temperatures and Applications
Table 14: Ceramic Insulators and Their Properties
Table 15: Ceramic Substrate Materials and Their Properties
Table 16: Other Ceramic Substrate Materials for Electronics
Table 17: Dielectric Materials Used in the Formulation of Multilayered Ceramic Capacitors (Barium Titanate-based Ceramics)
Table 18: Characteristics of Various Fuel Cell Technologies
Table 19: Ceramic Powder End-User Industries, by Segment, 2017
Table 20: Global Market for Advanced Ceramic Components, Through 2023
Table 21: Global Market for Advanced and Nanoscale Ceramic Powders, by Application/Material, Through 2023
Table 22: Global Market Share of Advanced and Nanoscale Ceramic Powders, by Type, 2017-2023
Table 23: Global Market Share of Advanced and Nanoscale Ceramic Powders, by End Use, 2017-2023
Table 24: Global Market Share of Advanced and Nanoscale Ceramic Powders, by Country /Region, 2017-2023
Table 25: Major Suppliers of Advanced Oxide Ceramic Powders and Products
Table 26: Global Market for Ceramic Substrates, by Subsegment, Through 2023
Table 27: Global Market for Alumina Powder Used in Electronics, by Application, Through 2023
Table 28: Global Market for Alumina Powders Used in Structural Applications, Through 2023
Table 29: Global Market for Alumina Powders Used in Thermal Spray Applications, by Type, Through 2023
Table 30: Global Market for Oxide Powders Used in Membrane Applications, by Type, Through 2023
Table 31: Global Market for Oxide Powders Used in Ceramic Filters, by Type, Through 2023
Table 32: Global Market for Oxide Powders Used in Chemical Processing Catalyst Supports, by Type, Through 2023
Table 33: Global Market for Alumina Powders Used in Chemical Processing and Environmental Applications, Through 2023
Table 34: Global Market for Alumina Powders Used in Medical Applications, Through 2023
Table 35: Global Market for Alumina Powders Used in Advanced Ceramic Applications, Through 2023
Table 36: Global Market for Beryllia Powder Used in Ceramic Applications, Through 2023
Table 37: Global Market for Zirconia Powders Used in Advanced Ceramic Applications, Through 2023
Table 38: Global Market for Ceramic Capacitors and Barium Titanate Powders, Through 2023
Table 39: Global Market for Piezoelectric Ceramic Elements and Lead Zirconate Titanate Powders, Through 2023
Table 40: Global Market for Titanate Powder Used in Advanced Ceramic Applications, by Type, Through 2023
Table 41: Global Market for Hard Ferrite Permanent Magnets, Through 2023
Table 42: Global Market for Soft Ferrite Permanent Magnets, Through 2023
Table 43: Global Market for Hard and Soft Ferrite Powders, Through 2023
Table 44: Global Market for Silica Powder Used in Catalyst Supports, Through 2023
Table 45: Global Market for Mixed Oxide Powders Used in Advanced Ceramics, by Application, Through 2023
Table 46: Global Market for Oxide Ceramic Powders, by Application/Material, Through 2023
Table 47: Significant Suppliers of Carbide Powders for Advanced Ceramic Applications
Table 48: Global Market for Carbide Powders Used in Advanced Ceramics, by Application, Through 2023
Table 49: Suppliers of Nitride Powders Used in Advanced Ceramic Applications
Table 50: Global Market for Silicon Nitride Powders Used in Advanced Ceramics, by Application, Through 2023
Table 51: Global Market for Aluminum Nitride Powders Used in Advanced Ceramics, by Application, Through 2023
Table 52: Global Market for Boron Nitride Powders Used in Advanced Ceramics, by Application, Through 2023
Table 53: Global Market for Nitride Powders Used in Advanced Ceramics, by Application, Through 2023
Table 54: Suppliers of Boride Powders and Advanced Ceramics
Table 55: Global Market for Boride Powders Used in Advanced Ceramics, by Application, Through 2023
Table 56: Surface Area of Selected Oxide Nanopowders
Table 57: Actual and Potential Commercial Applications of Nanoceramic Powders
Table 58: Suppliers of Nanoceramic Powders and Products
Table 59: Global Market for Ceramic Nanopowders, by Application/Material, Through 2023
List of Figures
Summary Figure: Global Market Share for Advanced and Nanoscale Ceramic Powders, 2017-2023
Figure 1: Schematic of DC Arc Plasma Furnace Developed by the Japan National Research Institute for Metals
Figure 2: Los Alamos RF Plasma
Figure 3: Flowchart of Emulsion Process for the Production of Barium Titanater
Figure 4: Ceramic Powder End-User Industries Share, by Segment, 2017
Figure 5: Comparison of the Conventional Slurry Process for Al2O3 Production and the Process Using Soluble Alkali Additives
Figure 6: Schematic for Production of Plasma Dissociated Zirconia
Figure 7: Flow Diagram of a spray Roaster of the Type Used in Commercial Ferrite Production
Figure 8: Steps to Synthesize BaTiO3
Figure 9: Process Flow for a Tungsten Carbide Facility
Figure 10: Sol-Gel Synthesis Chart
Figure 11: Global Market Share for Ceramic Nanopowders, by Application/Material, 2017-2023