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   Other Index Pages: iii - iv

2. Ultrasonic determination of the elastic and nonlinear acoustic properties of transition-metal carbide ceramics: TiC and TaC

   • S. P. Dodd
   • M. Cankurtaran
   • B. James

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1107 - 1115

3. Microstructure and fracture toughness of liquid-phase-sintered β-SiC containing β-SiC whiskers as seeds

   • Shin-Han Kim
   • Young-Wook Kim
   • Mamoru Mitomo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1117 - 1121

4. Indications that the yield point at constant strain rate and the inception of tertiary creep are manifestations of the same failure criterion using the universal viscoelastic model

   • Richard D. Sudduth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1123 - 1134

5. Theoretical estimation of coefficient of thermal expansion for solder alloy

   • Boon Kwang Lee
   • Hong Mei Jin
   • Ping Wu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1135 - 1137

6. A comparative study of the electrochemical behaviour of Algerian zinc and a zinc from a commercial sacrificial anode

   • M. Bounoughaz
   • E. Salhi
   • F. Dalard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1139 - 1145

7. Influence of an electric field on the microstructures and properties of the friction-welded joint of LY12 alloy

   • L. Fu
   • S. G. Du
   • W. Q. Jie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1147 - 1151

8. Fatigue behaviour of beta Ti-22V-4Al alloy subjected to surface-microstructural modification

   • K. Tokaji
   • S. Takafuji
   • K. Mori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1153 - 1159

9. Nanocrystalline microstructures in Fe_{93 − x} Zr₇B _x alloys

   • X. Y. Xiong
   • T. R. Finlayson
   • B. C. Muddle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1161 - 1169

10. Electrical properties of non c-axis oriented SrBi₂(Ta_0.95V_0.05)₂O₉ thin films

    • R. R. Das
    • P. Bhattacharya
    • R. S. Katiyar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1171 - 1174

11. The origin of photoluminescence in amorphous lead titanate

    • E. R. Leite
    • E. C. Paris
    • F. Lanciotti Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1175 - 1178

12. Synthesis of Mg-Ti alloy by mechanical alloying

    • G. Liang
    • R. Schulz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1179 - 1184

13. Damage zone interaction due to non-oriented Vickers indentations on brittle materials

    • W. Zhang
    • G. Subhash

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1185 - 1194

14. A model for austenitisation of hypoeutectoid steels

    • D. Gaude-Fugarolas
    • H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1195 - 1201

15. Effect of alloying elements on the segregation and dissolution of CuAl₂ phase in Al-Si-Cu 319 alloys

    • Z. Li
    • A. M. Samuel
    • S. Valtierra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1203 - 1218

16. Effect of the addition of Ca²⁺ on the structure, microstructure and ferroelectric properties of (Pb_{1 − y} Ca _y )(Zr_0.8Ti_0.2)O₃ system with y = 0.0, 0.02, 0.05 and 0.1

    • Ali Beitollahi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1219 - 1229

17. Effect of a machining-induced defect on the tensile strength of a 3D composite material

    • Catherine Davy
    • Didier Marquis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1231 - 1238

18. Alumina coating on quartz glass and nickel substrates using aqueous sol derived from AlCl₃ · 6H₂O

    • T. Ishizaka
    • Y. Kobayashi
    • Y. Kurokawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1239 - 1242

19. Preparation and optical properties of gold nanoparticles embedded in barium titanate thin films

    • Yong Yang
    • Jianlin Shi
    • Lin Wang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1243 - 1248

20. Metal catalysed intumescence: characterisation of the thermal decomposition of calcium gluconate monohydrate

    • F. J. W. J. Labuschagné
    • W. W. Focke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1249 - 1254

21. Influence of oxides on porosity formation in Sr-treated Al-Si casting alloys

    • L. Liu
    • A. M. Samuel
    • S. Valtierra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1255 - 1267

22. A study of Sn-Bi-Ag-(In) lead-free solders

    • Ren-Kae Shiue
    • Leu-Wen Tsay
    • Jia-Lin Ou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1269 - 1279

23. Mechanical properties of copper to titanium joined by friction welding

    • Seong-Yeon Kim
    • Seung-Boo Jung
    • Dae-Up Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1281 - 1287

24. Specific analysis of EBSD data to study the texture inheritance due to the β → α phase transformation

    • N. Gey
    • M. Humbert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1289 - 1294

25. Electrical properties of ferroelectric SBT thin films prepared using photosensitive sol-gel solution

    • Tae-Ho Park
    • Ki-Ho Yang
    • Byong-Ho Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1295 - 1300

26. Interaction between a dislocation and an impurity in KCl: Mg²⁺ single crystals

    • Y. Kohzuki
    • T. Ohgaku

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1301 - 1306

27. Study of the corrosion layer on iron obtained in solutions of water-polyethylene glycol (PEG 400)-sodium phosphate

    • Y. Gourbeyre
    • E. Guilminot
    • F. Dalard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1307 - 1313

28. Magneto-optical properties of obliquely evaporated Ni films

    • T. Otiti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1315 - 1319

29. Chemically induced residual stresses in dental composites

    • P. Lingois
    • L. Berglund
    • A. Maffezoli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1321 - 1331

30. Effect of the surface oxide layer on transformation behavior and shape memory characteristics of Ti-Ni and Ti-Ni-Mo alloys

    • Tae-Hyun Nam
    • Dae-Won Chung
    • Mi-Seon Choi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1333 - 1338

31. Characterization and adsorption properties of powders prepared from cactus pulp

    • G. Corro-Hernández
    • M. P. Elizalde-González
    • M. M. Dávila-Jiménez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1339 - 1346

32. Magnetic alignment of particles in composite films

    • E. Breval
    • M. Klimkiewicz
    • J. P. Dougherty

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1347 - 1351

33. Coolant pH control for optimum ceramic grinding Part II Influence of the rebinder effect on the surface grinding of aluminum oxide

    • David W. Alley
    • Owen F. Devereux

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1353 - 1358

34. Grain boundary devitrification of Ca α-sialon ceramics and its relation with the fracture toughness

    • Y. Zhang
    • Y.-B. Cheng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 1359 - 1364

35. Review papers in Journal of Materials Science Volumes 36, 37, and 38

    ReviewPaper Pages: 1365 - 1365