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Inorganic
fiber
Film and
coating
Supercritical
combustion for pressure
vapor generator
Superconductor
Reduction
Ion conductor
Whisker
Hydrothermal
mining of
oil shales
Medical implant
material
Steam/atomic
power plant
Minerals
Surface
improvement
Composite material
Liquification
of coal
Electrooptic
materials
Piezo
material
Single crystal growth
New energy
process
Purification
of water
Hydrothermal
cracking
Metallurgy
Advanced
material
Zeolite
Coal and
petroleum
Intercalation
Clay and layer
material
Porous material
Toxic and
hazardous material
Partial
crystallization
glass
Machinable
ceramics
Immobilization of
radioactive waste
Effluent
Densification
Electroconductive
ceramics
Recycling of waste
polymer and resin
Tough constructive
material
Hydrothermal
hot pressing
Building material
Solidification of
incineration ash
Hydrothermal
templating
Heating material
Telegraphic
poles
Clean energy extraction
Building
material
Utilization of
hot dry rock
Pile
Fertilizer
Calcium
silicate
materials
Organic
synthesis
Hydrothermal
cooking
Geothermal reactor
Application trunk
Fundamental roots
Geology
Biology
Dissolution and
precipitation
Technology
Physics
Ecology of oceano-
bottom chimney
Oxidation
and
reduction
pH
Structure and
characterization of
hydrothermal solution
Surface
phenomena
Figure 1.11 Tree showing the interdisciplinary nature of hydrothermal technology.
Source: Courtesy of N. Yamasaki, modified by K. Byrappa.
large single crystals of quartz and, subsequently, a large number of other minerals
and inorganic compounds, as well as the progress achieved in the instrument side
in attaining higher pressure and higher temperature conditions, led to the slow
diversity of the field. Today, a large quantum of work on hydrothermal research is
being published in more than 100 journals, and the number is still growing. Owing
to the limitation of space and with an intention to focus on the main theme of the
