“…The various methods and additives utilized so far for enhancing the strength of the fused silica ceramics are summarized in Table 12. The fused-silica composites produced so far are nano-sized silica-silica [70], silica fibers (SiO 2f ) reinforcedsilica [8,82], 3D SiO 2f -SiO 2 [80,83], 2.5D braided silica fibers reinforced nitride (SFRN) [84], silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 )-doped silica [85], air-oxidized silica and Si 3 N 4 [86], zirconia (ZrO 2 ) doped silica [34], alumina doped silica [87], β-Si 4 Al 2 O 2 N 6silica [10,88,89], and BN-silica [44][45][46][47][48]90] as listed in Table 12 [1,2,4,5,36,61]. Various dopants were also added to confer different properties to fused silica ceramics consolidated by several techniques [1,2].…”