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With contributed papers from the 2011 Materials Science and Technology symposia, this is a useful one-stop resource for understanding the most important issues in advances in materials science for environmental and energy technologies. Logically organized and carefully selected, the articles cover the themes of the symposia: Green Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing; Materials Science Challenges for Nuclear Applications; Materials for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Cleanup; Energy Conversion/Fuel Cells; and Energy Storage: Materials, Systems and Applications.

Table of Contents

Preface ix GREEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR MATERIALS MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING Mesoporous Materials For Sorption of Actinides 3
Allen W. Apblett and Zeid Al-Othman Environmentally Friendly Tin Oxide Coating through Aqueous 13 Solution Process
Yoshitake Masuda, Tatsuki Ohji, and Kazumi Kato Investigation of the Morphological Change into the Fabrication of 25
ZnO Microtubes and Microrods by a Simple Liquid Process using Zn Layered Hydroxide Precursor
Seiji Yamashita, M. Fuji, C. Takai, and T. Shirai Fabrication of Solid Electrolyte Dendrites through Novel Smart 33
Processing
Soshu Kirihara, Satoko Tasaki, Hiroya Abe, Katsuya Noritake, and Naoki Komori Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of the Extruded a-p 41
Duplex Phase Brass Cu-40Zn-Ti Alloy
H. Atsumi, H. Imai, S. Li, K. Kondoh, Y. Kousaka, and A. Kojima The Characteristics of High Strength and Lead-Free Machinable 47
a-p Duplex Phase Brass Cu-40Zn-Cr-Fe-Sn-Bi Alloy
H. Atsumi, H. Imai, S. Li, K. Kondoh, Y. Kousaka, and A. Kojima Preparation of Biomass Char for Ironmaking and Its Reactivity 55
Hu Zhengwen, Zhang Jianliang, Zhang Xu, Fan Zhengyun, and Li Jing Intelligent Energy Saving System in Hot Strip Mill 65
H. Imanari, K. Ohara, K. Kitagoh, Y. Sakiyama, and F. Williams Hot Gas Cleaning with Gas-Solid Reactions and Related Materials 77
for Advanced Clean Power Generation from Coal
Hiromi Shirai and Hisao Makino Polyalkylene Carbonate Polymers—A Sustainable Material Alternative 89
to Traditional Petrochemical Based Plastics
P. Ferraro MATERIALS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP
Characterizing the Defect Population Introduced by Radiation 99
Damage*
Paul S. Follansbee Radiation Shielding Simulation for Wollastonite-Based Chemically 113
Bonded Phosphate Ceramics
J. Pleitt, H. A. Colorado, and C. H. Castano Empirical Model for Formulation of Crystal-Tolerant HLW Glasses 121
J. Matyas, A. Huckleberry, C. A. Rodriguez, J. D. Vienna, and A. A. Kruger ENERGY CONVERSION/FUEL CELLS

Novel SOFC Processing Techniques Employing Printed Materials 129
P. Khatri-Chhetri, A. Datar, and D. Cormier Manganese Cobalt Spinel Oxide Based Coatings for SOFC 141
Interconnects
Jeffrey W. Fergus, Yingjia Liu, and Yu Zhao C02 Conversion into C/CO Using ODF Electrodes with SOEC 147
Bruce Kang, Huang Guo, and Gulfam Iqbal Heterofoam: New Concepts and Tools for Heterogeneous Functional 155
Material Design
K. L. Reifsnider, F. Rabbi, R. Raihan, Q. Liu, P. Majumdar, Y. Du, and J. M. Adkins Study on Heteropolyacids/Ti/Zr Mixed Inorganic Composites for Fuel 165
Cell Electrolytes
Uma Thanganathan ENERGY STORAGE: MATERIALS, SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Fatigue Testing of Hydrogen-Exposed Austenitic Stainless Steel in 175
an Undergraduate Materials Laboratory
Patrick Ferro, John Wallace, Adam Nekimken, Travis Dreyfoos, Tyler Spilker, and Elliot Marshall LiMnxFe-,_x P04 Glass and Glass-Ceramics for Lithium Ion Battery 187
Tsuyoshi Honma and Takayuki Komatsu The Absorption of Hydrogen on Low Pressure Hydride Materials 197
Gregg A. Morgan, Jr. and Paul S. Korinko Polymethylated Phenanthrenes as a Liquid Media for Hydrogen 209
Storage
Mikhail Redko Author Index 221

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