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Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).The focus of this special collection was set on materials properties and testing techniques, it covers most aspects of testing techniques on mechanical, chemical, physical properties and microstructures of ceramics, glass and concrete. It is hoped the collection will promoted the research and development in the field of testing and evaluation of inorganic materials. The emphasis of the conference was on the properties of ceramics, glass, andconcrete and on techniques for testing their mechanical, chemical, andphysical properties and their microstructures. The 106 selected papersconsider such topics as extracting alumina from sericite phyllite, preparingsulfur-free expanded graphite using an induction heating method, gemologicalcharacteristics of amber from Myanmar and Chinese Fushun, theoretical andexperimental studies on the strength and stiffness of vacuum glazing, cycliccontact fatigue of dental porcelain, testing and evaluating the chloride ionpenetrability of concrete under compressive stress, and three-dimensionalimpedance representation for microwave absorptive ceramics.