Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 3rd international conference on key engineering materials (ICKEM 2013), march 8-9, 2013, kota kinabalu, malaysia. The 85 papers are grouped as follows: chapter 1: novel composite materials and their characterization; chapter 2: advances in materials technology;chapter 3: developments in magnetic materials, electrical composites, thin films and zno technology; chapter 4: more studies on nano materials, nano composites and nano technology; chapter 5: developments in biocomposites, bioethanol and green materials; chapter 6: lightweight foamed concrete, foamed greencrete, cement syntactic foam; chapter 7: chemical engineering, corrosion, geochemistry and geotextile; chapter 8: advances in manufacturing techniques; chapter 9: wastewater treatment and biotechnology; chapter 10: analysis of composite structures and other miscellaneous researches.
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