Jerry C. LaSalvia is the editor of Advances in Ceramic Armor, Bioceramics, and Porous Materials, Volume 37, Issue 4, published by Wiley.Roger Narayan is the editor of Advances in Ceramic Armor, Bioceramics, and Porous Materials, Volume 37, Issue 4, published by Wiley.Paolo Colombo is the editor of Advances in Ceramic Armor, Bioceramics, and Porous Materials, Volume 37, Issue 4, published by Wiley.

• Preface vii Introduction ixARMOR CERAMICSA Comparison of Damage in Glass and Ceramic Targets 3Brady Aydelotte, Phillip Jannotti, Mark Andrews, and Brian SchusterSPS Sintered Silicon Carbide-Boron Carbide Composites 13Zeynep Ayguzer Yasar, R. A. Haber, and William RafanielloEffect of Al2O3 on the Densification and Microstructure of B4C 21K. D. Behler, J. C. LaSalvia, E. R. Shanholtz, M. C. Golt, Scott Walck, and K. A. KuwelkarBallistic Testing of Small 3D-Printed Alumina Disks with the Energy Method 31Erik Carton and Jaap WeerheijmThe Effect of Powder Oxygen Content on the Morphology of Silicon Carbide Densified via Spark Plasma Sintering 39V. DeLucca and R. A. HaberLow Temperature Fabrication of Reaction Bonded Boron Carbide Composites Infiltrated with Al-Si Alloys 49N. Frage, E. Oz, E. Ionash, H. Dilman, and S. HayunChemical Interactions in B4C/WC Powder Mixtures Heated Under Inert and Oxidizing Atmospheres 57E. R. Shanholtz, J. C. LaSalvia, K. D. Behler, S. D. Walck, A. Giri, and K. KuwelkarSimulation of Dwell-to-Penetration Transition for SiC Ceramics Subjected to Impact of Tungsten Long Rods 65Jianming Yuan, Geoffrey E. B. Tan, and Wei Liang GohThe First Static and Dynamic Analysis of 3-D Printed Sintered Ceramics for Body Armor Applications 75Tyrone Jones, Jeffrey J. Swab, and Benjamin BeckerNEXT GENERATION BIOCERAMICSIn Vitro Properties of Ag-Containing Calcium Phosphates 87Ozkan Gokcekaya, Kyosuke Ueda, Takayuki Narushima, Kouetsu Ogasawara, and Hiroyasu KanetakaThe Use of Bioceramic Dental Cements—An Overview 95Leif Hermansson and Jesper LööfCombined Effects of Silicate, Calcium and Magnsium Ions on Osteoblast-Like Cell Functions 107A. Obata, T. Ogasawara, S. Yamada, and T. KasugaBone Regeneration and Angiogenesis in Rat Calvarial Defects Implanted with Strong Porous Bioactive Glass (13-93) Scaffolds Doped with Copper or Loaded with BMP2 113Mohamed N. Rahaman, Yinan Lin, and B. Sonny BalDesign, Fabrication and Testing of Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for Structural Bone Repair 127Wei Xiao, Mohsen Asle Zaeem, Mohamed N. Rahaman, and B. Sonny BalPOROUS CERAMICSEffect of Membranes in Exhaust Particulate Filtration 139J. Adler and U. PetaschEnforcing of Mechanical Properties of Alumina Foams 149Bodo Zierath, Peter Greil, Martin Stumpf, and Tobias Fey3D Mapping of Density and Crack Propagation Through Sintering of Catalyst Tablets by X-Ray Tomography 163H. S. Jacobsen, A. Puig-Molina, N. Dalskov, and H. L. FrandsenAuthor Index 171