Advanced Ceramics and Nanoceramic Powders

Chapter 1 Introduction

• Reasons for Doing This Study
• Study Goals and Objectives
• Scope of Report
• Intended Audience
• Information Sources
• Methodology
• Geographic Breakdown
• Analyst's Credentials
• Custom Research
• Related Reports

Chapter 2 Summary and Highlights

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 4 Oxide Powders

• Summary
• Material Types
• Alumina
• Silica
• Zirconia
• Ferrites
• Titanates
• Beryllia
• Mixed Complex Oxides
• Synthesis and Powder Preparation
• Alumina
• Zirconia
• Ferrites
• Titanates
• Superconductor Powders
• Properties
• Applications
• Suppliers
• Markets
• Alumina
• Beryllia
• Prices
• Markets
• Zirconia
• Prices
• Markets
• Titania and Titanates
• Prices
• Markets
• Ferrites
• Prices
• Markets
• Silica
• Prices
• Markets
• Mixed Oxides
• Prices
• Markets
• Overall Oxide Markets

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 7 Boride Powders

• Material Types
• Synthesis and Powder Preparation
• Properties
• Applications
• Titanium Diboride
• Zirconium Diboride
• Suppliers
• Markets
• Prices
• Consumption

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