1. Announcement

   Announcement 13 September 2004 Pages: iii - iii

2. A mathematical model of the reduction of carbon/alumina powder mixture in a flowing nitrogen stream

   • H. K. Chen
   • C. I. Lin

   OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5043 - 5048

3. Preparation of micro-coiled carbon fibres by metal powder-activated pyrolysis of acetylene containing a small amount of sulphur compounds

   • S. Motojima
   • Y. Itoh
   • H. Iwanaga

   OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5049 - 5055

4. Experimental and theoretical phase diagrams of the iron-rich Fe-Si-Ge ordering system

   • T. Kozakai
   • T. Miyazaki

   OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5056 - 5064

5. Stress-strain rate relations for high-temperature deformation of two-phase Al-Cu alloys

   • P. K. Bakshi
   • B. P. Kashyap

   OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5065 - 5072

6. Low-cycle fatigue of polycrystalline α-iron modified by mutually immiscible silver-ion implantation

   • H. W. Wang
   • D. Z. Yang
   • S. Patu

   OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5073 - 5077

7. Interpretation of the impedance spectroscopy of cement paste via computer modelling

   • R. A. Olson
   • B. J. Christensen
   • E. J. Garboczi

   OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5078 - 5086

8. Synthesis of zirconium oxide by hydrolysis of zirconium alkoxide

   • L. Davies
   • L. Daza
   • P. Grange

   OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5087 - 5092

9. High-temperature oxidation resistance improvement of titanium using laser surface alloying

   • M. Li
   • A. Kar
   • A. Khanna

   OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5093 - 5098

10. Critical wetting angle for spontaneous liquid infiltration into orderly packed fibres or spheres

    • X. F. Yang
    • X. M. Xi

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5099 - 5102

11. Effect of fluorination on preparation of Bi(Pb)SCCO 2 2 2 3 by the citrate precursor process

    • J. H. Greenberg
    • L. Ben-Dor
    • D. Szafranek

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5103 - 5109

12. High strength and high modulus poly(vinyl alcohol) by the gel ageing method

    • Tetsuya Tanigami
    • Yuichi Nakashima
    • Shuji Matsuzawa

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5110 - 5120

13. Fast firing of reaction-bonded aluminium oxide RBAO composites

    • D. E. García
    • J. Wendorff
    • N. Claussen

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5121 - 5124

14. Pressure pulsed chemical vapour infiltration of SiC to two-dimensional-Tyranno/SiC-C preforms

    • Kohzo Sygiyama
    • Kazutoshi Yoshida

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5125 - 5129

15. Thermal decomposition of ferric and ammonium sulphates obtained by bio-oxidation of water pickling liquors with Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

    • A. Lopez-Delgado
    • F. A. Lopez

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5130 - 5138

16. Non-adiabatic polaron hopping conduction in semiconducting V₂O₅-Bi₂O₃ oxide glasses doped with BaTiO₃

    • S. Chakraborty
    • M. Sadhukhan
    • B. K. Chaudhuri

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5139 - 5145

17. Study of the reaction of lanthanum nitrate with metal oxides present in the scale formed at high temperatures on stainless steel

    • M. I. Ruiz
    • A. Heredia
    • J. A. Odriozola

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5146 - 5150

18. Transient liquid-phase bonding of ferritic oxide dispersion strengthened superalloy MA957 using a conventional nickel braze and a novel iron-base foil

    • T. I. Khan
    • E. R. Wallach

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5151 - 5160

19. Electrical characteristics and pulse degradation of ZnO varistors with Nb₂O₅ dopant

    • Hui -Feng Li
    • Yu -Chun Xu
    • Li -Qiong Wang

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5161 - 5165

20. Surface segregation of arsenic in iron

    • P. J. Godowski
    • D. Costa
    • P. Marcus

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5166 - 5172

21. Stress dependence of bistability in a zero-magnetostrictive amorphous wire

    • J. González
    • K. Kułakowski
    • E. Irurieta

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5173 - 5177

22. R-curve behaviour and microstructure of sintered silicon nitride

    • Young -Wook Kim
    • M. Mitomo
    • N. Hirosaki

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5178 - 5184

23. Influence of silicon in aluminium on the mechanical properties of titanium/aluminium friction joints

    • A. Fuji
    • K. Ameyama
    • T. H. North

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5185 - 5191

24. Cyclic fatigue of a sintered Al₂O₃/ZrO₂ ceramic

    • Kai Duan
    • Yiu Wing Mai
    • B. Cotterell

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5192 - 5198

25. Synthesis and properties of trifluoromethylated chiral dopants for ferroelectric liquid crystals

    • M. Takeda
    • T. Kitazume
    • M. Koden

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5199 - 5209

26. Fractional polarization, a new technique of the thermally stimulated current method to study the physical and morphological structure of materials

    • H. S. Faruque

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5210 - 5214

27. Interfacial reactions in the liquid diffusion couples of Mg/Ni, Al/Ni and Al/(Ni)-Al₂O₃ systems

    • Chun -Lin Tsao
    • Sinn -Wen Chen

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5215 - 5222

28. The minimum volume fraction of SiC reinforcement required for strength improvement of an Al-Cu based composite

    • S. Qin
    • M. Gupta

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5223 - 5227

29. High-temperature and ageing properties of high-crystalline TOR-filled SBR vulcanizates

    • P. P. Chattaraj
    • A. K. Kalidaha
    • D. K. Tripathy

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5228 - 5236

30. The dielectric relaxation time of collagen over a wide temperature range

    • E. Marzec

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5237 - 5240

31. Storage time effect on free charge relaxation of amorphous poly (ethylene terephthalate)

    • J. Belana
    • M. Mudarra
    • M. Latour

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5241 - 5245

32. Microstructure formation during crystallization of immiscible phases

    • A. Yu. Dovzhenko
    • P. V. Zhirkov
    • V. A. Gorshkov

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5246 - 5250

33. Structure and properties of aligned short fibre-reinforced intermetallic matrix composites

    • D. E. Alman
    • N. S. Stoloff
    • R. M. German

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5251 - 5258

34. Crystallization kinetics of bulk amorphous (Se₆₅Te₃₅)_100−xSb_x

    • M. Mehdi
    • G. Brun
    • J. C. Tedenac

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5259 - 5262

35. Mechanism of Si₃N₄ nucleation during carbothermal reduction of silica

    • M. V. Vlasova
    • T. S. Bartnitskaya
    • S. Yu. Artyuch

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5263 - 5271

36. Chemical states of the molybdenum disilicide (MoSi₂) surface

    • L. Shaw
    • R. Abbaschian

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5272 - 5280

37. Effects of residual stress on toughening of brittle polycrystals

    • D. K. M. Shum

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5281 - 5286

38. Influence of processing and testing conditions on the mechanical behaviour of sheet-moulding compound laminates

    • J. Garmendia
    • M. Olaizola
    • I. Mondragon

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5287 - 5294

39. High-temperature flow behaviour and concurrent microstructural evolution in an Al-24 wt% Cu alloy

    • P. K. Bakshi
    • B. P. Kashyap

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5295 - 5303

40. Properties of SnO₂-based ceramics

    • M. R. Sahar
    • M. Hasbullah

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5304 - 5306

41. Electrodeposition of ceramic films from non-aqueous and mixed solutions

    • I. Zhitomirsky
    • L. Gal-Or
    • H. W. Hennicke

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5307 - 5312

42. Passivity breakdown due to discontinuous precipitation during ageing of 21Cr-10Mn-5Ni stainless steel

    • I. Chattoraj
    • S. K. Das
    • A. K. Bhattamishra

    OriginalPaper 13 September 2004 Pages: 5313 - 5320