1. Modelling fracture in an Al2O3 particle reinforced AA 6061 alloy using Weibull statistics

   • K. M. Mussert
   • M. Janssen
   • S. van der Zwaag

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4097 - 4104

2. Synthesis of aluminum infiltrated boron suboxide drag cutters and drill bits

   • I. O. Kayhan
   • O. T. Inal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4105 - 4120

3. Characterisation of the solid solution La(Ni,Fe)O3 prepared via a sol-gel related method using propionic acid

   • H. Provendier
   • C. Petit
   • C. Chaumont

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4121 - 4127

4. Preparation and characterization of preferred oriented PZT films on amorphous substrates

   • Yun Liu
   • Chao-Nan Xu
   • T. Watanabe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4129 - 4132

5. Atomic structure of Al/Al interface formed by surface activated bonding

   • T. Akatsu
   • N. Hosoda
   • M. Rühle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4133 - 4139

6. A discrete model for particle deposition

   • A. Gupta
   • A. J. Markworth
   • J. H. Saunders

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4141 - 4147

7. Non-equilibrium microstructure of hyper-eutectic Al-Si alloy solidified under superhigh pressure

   • X. F. Yu
   • G. Z. Zhang
   • Z. Y. Hao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4149 - 4152

8. Thermal decomposition products of hydrotalcite-like compounds: low-temperature metaphases

   • Ts. Stanimirova
   • I. Vergilov
   • N. Petrova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4153 - 4161

9. Damage monitoring of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics with Michelson interferometric fiber-optic sensors

   • H. Tsuda
   • J. Takahashi
   • T. Ikeguchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4163 - 4172

10. Residual stress measurements in welded steel beam column connections by scanning acoustic microscopy

    • E. Drescher-Krasicka
    • C. P. Ostertag

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4173 - 4179

11. Optimizing energy absorption in multi-layered materials through controlled delamination

    • M. H. Lear
    • B. V. Sankar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4181 - 4191

12. Study on the effects of Cr2O3 on the reduction behavior of γ-Fe2O3

    • L. S. Chen
    • G. L. Lü

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4193 - 4197

13. Raman microscopy study of basic aluminum sulfate

    • J. T. Kloprogge
    • R. L. Frost

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4199 - 4202

14. Morphology of the outermost layer of a compression molded composite based on unsaturated polyester resin

    • C. Serré
    • M. Vayer
    • C. Ollive

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4203 - 4208

15. Fracture behaviour of accelerated aged solid rocket propellants

    • Kym M. Ide
    • Sook-Ying Ho
    • David R. G. Williams

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4209 - 4218

16. The mechanical interlocking and wetting at the interface between argon plasma treated UHMPE fiber and vinylester resin

    • S. I. Moon
    • J. Jang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4219 - 4224

17. Chemically deposited zinc oxide thin film gas sensor

    • A. P. Chatterjee
    • P. Mitra
    • A. K. Mukhopadhyay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4225 - 4231

18. Monitoring of indentation fracture and bending strain in α-SiC ceramics utilizing electrical response

    • A. Kishimoto
    • A. Nakamichi
    • Y. Nakamura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4233 - 4237

19. Characterization of fire-refined copper recycled from scrap

    • A. Esparducer
    • M. A. Fernández
    • O. Guixà

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4239 - 4244

20. Freeform fabrication of functional aluminium prototypes using powder metallurgy

    • T. B. Sercombe
    • G. B. Schaffer
    • P. Calvert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4245 - 4251

21. Carbon anode materials based on copolymers of nitrogen-containing monomers with DVB

    • Yuping Wu
    • Yangxing Li
    • Yingyan Jiang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4253 - 4258

22. Laser beam hardening of carbon and low alloyed steels: discussion of increased quantity of retained austenite

    • S. A. Fedosov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4259 - 4264

23. Investigations of the electrical property, diffuse reflectance and ESR spectra of the La-(Fe,Mn)-codoped PTCR BaTiO3 annealed in reducing atmosphere

    • Gang Er
    • Shingo Ishida
    • Nobuyuki Takeuchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4265 - 4270

24. Formation mechanisms of processing defects and their relevance to the strength in alumina ceramics made by powder compaction process

    • N. Shinohara
    • M. Okumiya
    • K. Uematsu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4271 - 4277

25. Preferential exposure of certain crystallographic planes on the surface of spinel ferrites: a study by LEIS on polycrystalline spinel ferrite surfaces

    • M. R. Anantharaman
    • S. Reijne
    • K. Seshan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4279 - 4283

26. New investigations within the TeO2-WO3 system: phase equilibrium diagram and glass crystallization

    • S. Blanchandin
    • P. Marchet
    • A. Chagraoui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4285 - 4292

27. Morphology of and surface modification by TiO2 deposits on a porous ceramic substrate

    • Shu-Chuan Huang
    • Tong-Fong Lin
    • Kan-Sen Chou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4293 - 4304

28. Effect of hot isostatic pressing on cast A357 aluminium alloy with and without SiC particle reinforcement

    • A. Zulfia
    • H. V. Atkinson
    • S. King

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4305 - 4310

29. Structure and properties of rapidly solidified Mg-Al alloys

    • S. S. Cho
    • B. S. Chun
    • C. Suryanarayana

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4311 - 4320

30. Effects of pressure sensitivity on the η factor and the J integral estimation for compact tension specimens

    • A. Al-Abduljabbar
    • J. Pan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4321 - 4328

31. Optimization of the composition for synthesizing the high-Tc phase in Bi(Pb)SrCaCuO system

    • Huashan Liu
    • Libin Liu
    • Zhanpeng Jin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4329 - 4332

32. The influence of carbon black on properties of orientated polypropylene Part I Tensile and physical properties

    • A. R. Horrocks
    • J. Mwila
    • M. Miraftab

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4333 - 4340

33. In-situ thermoset polyurethane coating of glass beads dispersed in polystyrene by reactive extrusion

    • M. Taha
    • J. F. Gérard
    • A. Maazouz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4341 - 4346

34. Solidification study of Cu-based alloys obtained by continuous casting

    • M. T. Clavaguera-Mora
    • C. Comas
    • N. Clavaguera

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4347 - 4350

35. Preliminary studies in the processing and characterization of Al2O3/SnO2 laminated composites

    • G. M. Gladysz
    • M. Schmücker
    • M. K. Ferber

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4351 - 4355

36. Direct combustion synthesis of SiC powders

    • Chien-Chun Wu
    • Chien-Chong Chen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 4357 - 4363