Intro -- Chemical Treatment, Joining and Casting of Special and Functional Materials -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Joining and Casting -- Comparative Analysis of Plasma and Tig Welding on Mild Steel Bars -- Conditions Forming to Blow-Hole Defects in Casting -- Literature Review of the Behaviour of Adhesive Joint Fatigue Performance -- Numerical Simulation of Residual Stresses Induced by MIG Welding Considering Initial Conditions -- Chapter 2: Special and Functional Materials -- Theory for Rotation-Induced Band Splitting in Hollow-Pillar Phononic Metamaterials -- A Review of Materials for Vehicle Structure Based on Specific Strength and Fatigue -- Polymer Composite Based No-Core Fiber Structure as Refractive Index Sensor -- Biochar-Containing Microcapsule/Recycled Polyethylene Composite with Temperature Regulation Capabilities -- Effect of Sintering Conditions on Properties of Assisted Pressure Sintered Tungsten Materials -- Influence of Cockle Shell Ash and Lime on Geotechnical Properties of Expansive Clay Soil Stabilized at Optimum Silica Fume Content -- Chapter 3: Chemical Treatment and Chemical Production -- Photoconversion of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol Using Doped-Carbon Quantum Dots/TiO2 -- Thermodynamic Stability and Density Functional Theory Simulations of Gold Complexes in Ethaline DES Leaching of Refractory Ores at Varied Temperatures -- On the Selectivity and Self-Diffusion of CO2 and H2 in Mixed-Layer Zeolitic-Imidazolate Frameworks -- Keyword Index -- Author Index.