1. Errata

   OriginalPaper Pages: iii - iv

2. Preparation of Zn₂TiO₄ by co-precipitation method and hot-isostatic pressing

   • Akio Watanabe
   • Hajime Haneda
   • Hiroshi Yamamura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2281 - 2284

3. Precipitate formation in Nimoncic PE16

   • R. M. Boothby
   • G. C. Cattle
   • T. L. Brydon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2285 - 2294

4. Thermodynamic aspects of chemically curved crystals

   • György Szabó

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2295 - 2299

5. Preparation of heavily dopedn-type Ge-Si thermoelectric alloys

   • M. A. A. Issa
   • F. A. A. Amin
   • Z. H. Dughaish

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2300 - 2304

6. The origin of the “crack tip” mode of failure in boron filaments

   • F. E. Wawner
   • J. W. McCoy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2305 - 2308

7. A two-band model for the galvanomagnetic properties of thin semimetal films

   • C. R. Tellier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2309 - 2318

8. Reproducibility ofT _c in a Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂0₈ superconductor

   • T. W. Huang
   • N. C. Wu
   • T. S. Chin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2319 - 2323

9. Some thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of icosahedral phase nucleation in Al-Mn

   • Livio Battezzati
   • Carlo Antonione
   • Francesco Marino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2324 - 2330

10. Diffusion of moisture into two-phase polymers

    • P. M. Jacobs
    • F. R. Jones

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2331 - 2336

11. A fracture mechanics approach to ceramo-metal bond evaluation

    • D. R. Wiley
    • N. E. Waters

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2337 - 2342

12. Diffusion of moisture into two-phase polymers

    • P. M. Jacobs
    • E. R. Jones

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2343 - 2347

13. Anodic polarization and corrosion of WC-Co hardmetals containing small amounts of Cr₃C₂ and/or VC

    • W. J. Tomlinson
    • N. J. Ayerst

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2348 - 2352

14. Stability to moisture for chemically vapour-deposited boron nitride

    • T. Matsuda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2353 - 2357

15. Mechanisms of stable crack growth in ductile polycarbonate

    • P. S. Theocaris
    • V. Kytopoulos

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2358 - 2368

16. Corrosion inhibition in magnesium-aluminium-based alloys induced by rapid solidification processing

    • F. Hermann
    • F. Sommer
    • R. G. J. Edyvean

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2369 - 2379

17. Elastic properties of phosphotungstate glasses

    • K. V. Damodaran
    • K. J. Rao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2380 - 2386

18. A study of the infrared absorption spectra of thin amorphous films of molybdenum trioxide

    • M. Ainwar
    • C. A. Hogarth
    • C. R. Theocharis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2387 - 2390

19. Short-rod elastic-plastic fracture toughness test using miniature specimens

    • C. T. Wang
    • R. M. Pilliar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2391 - 2400

20. Imperfections and impurity phases in flux grown RCrO₃ (R = La, Yb) single crystals

    • P. N. Kotru
    • Ashok K. Řazdan
    • B. M. Wanklyn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2401 - 2407

21. Copper surface morphology developed in a magnetron sputtering system

    • A. Rizk
    • S. K. Habib
    • N. S. Rizk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2408 - 2414

22. Thermodynamic and crystallographic discussion of the formation and dissociation of zircon

    • Y. Kanno

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2415 - 2420

23. Effects of grain-boundary configuration on the high-temperature creep strength of cobalt-base L-605 alloys

    • M. Tanaka
    • H. Iizuka
    • M. Tagami

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2421 - 2428

24. Characterization of Yb-As precipitates in (Ga, In)As : Yb crystal

    • G. Jasiołek
    • Zb. Kaliński
    • W. Paszkowicz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2429 - 2432

25. Strengthening in the Cu-9Ni-1.2Sn alloy

    • P. Kratochvíl
    • J. Pešička

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2433 - 2436

26. Continuous heating of rapidly solidified Al-Cr ribbons

    • Kojiro F. Kobayashi
    • Nobuo Tachibana
    • Paul H. Shingu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2437 - 2443

27. Effect of the Te/Si ratio on the electrical characteristics of the amorphous chalcogenide switches

    • M. H. El-Fouly
    • A. M. Morsy
    • H. H. Amer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2444 - 2448

28. The study of work hardening in Fe-Mn-Al-C alloys

    • H. J. Lai
    • C. M. Wan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2449 - 2453

29. A predictive model for particulate filled composite materials

    • F. J. Guild
    • R. J. Young

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2454 - 2460

30. Thermal fatigue life of glass subjected to air blast quenching

    • N. Kamiya
    • 0. Kamigaito

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2461 - 2466

31. Investigating the existence of a threshold stress intensity for slow crack growth in high-density polyethylene

    • Ruzheng Qian
    • Xici Lu
    • Norman Brown

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2467 - 2472

32. The effect of the environment on the tensile strength of fluorozirconate glass fibres

    • J. S. Sanghera
    • D. Reinker
    • J. D. Mackenzie

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2473 - 2477

33. Electrical conduction in γ-irradiated and unirradiated Fe₃O₄, CdFe₂O₄ and Co _x ZN_1−x Fe₂O₄ (0 ⩽x ⩽ 1) ferrites

    • M. A. Mousa
    • A. M. Summan
    • A. M. Badawy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2478 - 2482

34. The crystal structure of a quenched Cu-richβ-phase with the composition Cu_14.0In_16.7Se₃₂

    • W. Hönle
    • G. Kühn
    • U. -C. Boehnke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2483 - 2487

35. Structural modification of Al-Si eutectic alloy by Sr and its effect on tensile and fracture characteristics

    • N. Fat-Halla

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2488 - 2492

36. Elaboration and characterization of amorphous V₂O₅ thin films-silicon p-n junctions

    • C. Gledel
    • J. -P. Audiere
    • R. Clement

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2493 - 2496

37. Free volume conduction and magnetic solitons in polystyrene composites containing transition metals

    • A. El-Tawansi
    • N. Kinawy
    • M. El-Mitwally

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2497 - 2502

38. High-temperature properties of ferritic spheroidal graphite cast iron

    • T. S. Lui
    • C. G. Chao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2503 - 2507

39. Optical properties of Ge_40-x Sb _x Se₆₀ glasses

    • Milan Vlček
    • Ladislav Tichý
    • Ales Tříska

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2508 - 2512

40. Flux growth and characterization of TiC crystals

    • Shiro Shimada
    • Jun Watanabe
    • Toru Matsushita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2513 - 2515

41. Effect of stress state and microstructural parameters on impact damage of alumina-based ceramics

    • Luis H. L. Louro
    • Marc A. Meyers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2516 - 2532

42. Plastic flow of polypropylene (PP) and a PP-based blend

    • K. Porzucek
    • G. Coulon
    • B. Escaig

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2533 - 2540

43. A study of Nd-Fe-B magnets produced using a combination of hydrogen decrepitation and jet milling

    • P. J. McGuiness
    • E. Devlin
    • J. Ormerod

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2541 - 2548

44. Tensile behaviour of grass

    • Alan R. Greenberg
    • Ann Mehling
    • Jane H. Bock

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2549 - 2554

45. Interfacial role and properties in model composites: Fracture surfaces by scanning electron microscopy

    • James D. Miller
    • Hatsuo Ishida
    • Frans H. J. Maurer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2555 - 2570

46. Toughening mechanisms in elastomer-modified epoxies

    • R. A. Pearson
    • A. F. Yee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2571 - 2580

47. Microstructure development in Sb₂O₃-doped ZnO

    • Jinho Kim
    • Toshio Kimura
    • Takashi Yamaguchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2581 - 2586

48. Calorimetric techniques for the evaluation of thermal efficiencies of shape memory alloys

    • A. P. Jardine

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2587 - 2593

49. Fracture of Al-4% Cu-0.1% Fe single crystals

    • G. González-Doncel
    • M. Torralba
    • O. A. Ruano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2594 - 2602

50. Agglomeration of magnesium oxide particles formed by the decomposition of magnesium hydroxide

    • K. Itatani
    • K. Koizumi
    • M. Kinoshita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 2603 - 2609