This volume contains selected peer reviewed papers from the 5th International Congress on Ceramics (ICC5), held on August 17-21, 2014 in Beijing, China. The conference provides a place for global business and technology leaders, scientists and researchers to discuss the latest applications of ceramics and inorganic materials. Of the 500 papers presented at the conference, 65 were submitted for additional review and 56 were chosen for publication. Sample papers include Microstructure and Properties of B4C-Based Composites with Laminar Structure, Analysis of Mechanisms of Cracking Selected Transition Metal Carbides, and Particle Size and Chroma Control of CoAl2O4 Pigment. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)