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   Other Index Pages: iv - v

2. Review of recent studies in magnesium matrix composites

   • Hai Zhi Ye
   • Xing Yang Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6153 - 6171

3. Foreign object damage in disks of gas-turbine-grade silicon nitrides by steel ball projectiles at ambient temperature

   • S. R. Choi
   • J. M. Pereira
   • R. T. Bhatt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6173 - 6182

4. ‘Smart’ Raman/Rayleigh imaging of nanosized SiC materials using the spatial correlation model

   • M. Havel
   • D. Baron
   • Ph. Colomban

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6183 - 6190

5. Synthesis of cobalt-aluminum spinels via EDTA chelating precursors

   • Cuiyan Wang
   • Xuan Bai
   • Lihong Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6191 - 6201

6. Thermally stimulated luminescence studies of BaB₄O₇ compound

   • J. Manam
   • S. K. Sharma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6203 - 6208

7. Electromagnetic shielding capacity of carbon matrix composites made from nickel-loaded black rice husk

   • Qinglei Liu
   • Tongxiang Fan
   • Di Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6209 - 6214

8. Electron microscopic study of sputter-deposited Ir films

   • J. Echigoya
   • K. Mumtaz
   • E. Aoyagi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6215 - 6219

9. Contributions of the environmental scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction in investigating the structural evolution of a SiO₂ aggregate attacked by alkali-silica reaction

   • J. Verstraete
   • L. Khouchaf
   • M. H. Tuilier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 6221 - 6226

10. Effect of mechanical pressure and sintering temperature on the electrical properties of the rare earth ferrite Li_0.6Co_0.1Dy _x Fe_2.3−x O₄; 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2

    • S. T. Bishay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6227 - 6231

11. Separation in solid solutions of Fe-W system

    • Y. Ustinovshikov
    • I. Sapegina

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6233 - 6242

12. Carbon elimination by heat-treatment in hydrogen and its effect on thermal stability of polycarbosilane-derived silicon carbide fibers

    • T. Shimoo
    • Y. Katase
    • W. Takano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6243 - 6251

13. Low and high-cycle fatigue properties of 12Cr-2W ferritic steel at high temperature

    • K. Kobayashi
    • K. Yamaguchi
    • M. Hayakawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6253 - 6256

14. Optical properties of SPS-ed Y- and (Dy,Y)-α-sialon ceramics

    • Xinlu Su
    • Peiling Wang
    • Dongsheng Yan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6257 - 6262

15. Studies on the formation of whiskers and platelets of B₄C and BN

    • R. V. Krishnarao
    • J. Subrahmanyam

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6263 - 6269

16. Observations and simulations of the low velocity-to-hypervelocity impact crater transition for a range of penetrator densities into thick aluminum targets

    • O. L. Valerio-Flores
    • L. E. Murr
    • S. A. Quinones

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6271 - 6289

17. Effects of thermal annealing of thin Au film on Fe₄₀Ni₃₈Mo₄B₁₈ in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV)

    • S. K. Sharma
    • V. Zaporojtchenko
    • F. Faupel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6291 - 6297

18. Phase diagram and thermoelectric properties of Ag_3−x Sb_1+x Te₄ system

    • H. Matsushita
    • E. Hagiwara
    • A. Katsui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6299 - 6301

19. Photoconducting and photovoltaic studies on some chemically deposited (Cd-Zn)S & (Cd-Pb)S films

    • T. Chandra
    • S. Bhushan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6303 - 6309

20. Preparation of tricalcium phosphate/alumina composite nanoparticles and self-reinforcing composites by simultaneous precipitation

    • Y. X. Pang
    • X. Bao
    • L. Weng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6311 - 6323

21. Crystallization and structural properties of calcium malonate hydrate

    • P. A. Varughese
    • K. V. Saban
    • G. Varghese

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6325 - 6331

22. Structural transformation of Al-Fe alloys analysed by neutron diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy

    • S. Enzo
    • R. Frattini
    • G. Principi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6333 - 6339

23. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 6341 - 6341

24. Optical quenching behavior related to the deep levels in unintentionally doped n-type GaN epilayers grown on sapphire substrates

    • N. H. Kim
    • T. W. Kang
    • T. W. Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6343 - 6345

25. Structural and optical properties of sonoelectrochemically deposited CdSe films

    • K. R. Murali
    • P. Sasindran

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6347 - 6348

26. Stacking fault tetrahedra in aluminum

    • Q. F. Guan
    • L. Pan
    • G. T. Zou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6349 - 6351

27. p-Type conversion of Si-doped n-type GaN epilayers due to neutron transmutation doping and annealing

    • S. H. Park
    • T. W. Kang
    • T. W. Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6353 - 6355

28. Activation energy for superplastic flow in Ti-3Al-2.5V alloy

    • A. Salam
    • C. Hammond

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6357 - 6359

29. Microwave calcination of thin TiO₂ films on transparent conducting oxide glass substrates

    • D. Menzies
    • Qing Dai
    • L. Spiccia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6361 - 6363

30. Surface tension of compound forming liquid binary alloys: A simple model

    • I. Egry

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6365 - 6366

31. Photocatalytic activity for methylene blue decomposition of NaInO₂ with a layered structure

    • Junhu Wang
    • Toru Nonami

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6367 - 6370

32. Effect of SiO₂ content on the ionic conductivity of Ce_0.8Gd_0.2O_2−δ ceramics

    • T. S. Zhang
    • J. Ma
    • S. H. Chan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6371 - 6373

33. Effect of rare earths (Y, Ce) additions on the ignition points of magnesium alloys

    • J. F. Fan
    • G. C. Yang
    • Y. H. Zhou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6375 - 6377

34. A simple model for dendrite arm coarsening during solidification in multicomponent alloys

    • R. J. Zhang
    • Z. He
    • W. Q. Jie

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6379 - 6381

35. Core-shell particles with an acrylate polyurethane core as tougheners for epoxy resins

    • Shen Jingqiang
    • Zhang Yafeng
    • Kuang Jianzheng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6383 - 6384

36. Microstructural characteristics of NiAl/TiC composites with high TiC content prepared by pressureless melt infiltration

    • M. X. Gao
    • Y. Pan
    • J. M. Vieira

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6385 - 6387

37. Microstructure and mechanical properties of ZrO₂-TiB₂ composites

    • B. Basu
    • J. Vleugels
    • O. van der Biest

    OriginalPaper Pages: 6389 - 6392

38. Erratum

    Erratum Pages: 6393 - 6393

39. Review papers in Journal of Materials Science Volumes 37, 38 and 39

    ReviewPaper Pages: 6395 - 6396