List of Contributors

Preface

Preface to 1995 edition

List of Acronyms

Crystal Structure Nomenclature

Some Intermetallic Families Defined

I Structure and Composition

Structural Classification and Notation (J Lima-deFaria)

Amalgams (C Guminski)

Beryllides (L A Jacobson et al)

Precious Metal Compounds (I M Wolff)

Rare-Earth Metal Compounds (M L Fornasini et al)

Zintl Phases (S C Sevov)

II Bonding and Stability

Spectroscopic Approaches (E Belin-Ferré )

Effects of Pressure on Stability and Properties (Y V Levinsky)

Magnetic Phase Diagrams (J M Cadogen)

Calculation of Phase Diagrams (D de Fontaine)

III Properties and Phenomenology

Free Surface Structure and Properties (M Gö ken)

Color and Optical Properties (S G Steinman et al)

Effects of Mobile Species (M-L Saboungi and D L Price)

Ion Tracks (R L Fleischer)

Thermal Defect and Diffusion (W Sprengel et al)

IV Mechanical Properties

Creep (D Shah and E Lee)

Fatigue (N S Stoloff)

Solution and Defect Hardening (R L Fleischer)

Strain Hardening (G T Gray III and T M Pollock)

Dislocations in Quasicrystals (R Wang and C Hu)

Twinning and Mechanical Behavior (M H Yoo)

Stacking-Fault-Type Interfaces and their Role in Deformation (V Paidar and V Vitek)

V Applications

High-Temperature Structural Applications (H A Lipsett et al)

Structural Applications for General Use (V K Sikka and S C Deevi)

Magnetic Refrigeration (K A Gschneider Jr and V K Pecharsky)

Niobium Silicide and In-Situ Composites (B P Bewlay et al)

Coating Technology (P K Datta et al)

VI Processes and Phenomena

Casting (P A McQuay and V K Sikka)

Forming (F Appel et al)

Powder Metallury (V Seetharaman and S L Semiatin)

Thin-Film Deposition (G Ramanath et al)

Bulk Amorphous Alloys (R B Schwartz)

Sulfidation Behavior (K Natesan and P K Datta)

VII Research Techniques

Novel Synthesis Techniques (N N Thadhani)

Nan ostructured Intermetallics (C Suryanarayana)

Defect and Atomic Process Simulations (M I Baskes)

Molecular Beam Epitaxy (H M Ng and T D Moustakas)

VIII Miscellaneous Topics

Commerical Impact on the US Economy (J V Busch and A C Goodrich)

Data Sources (J Li et al)

Computer Design of Materials with Artificial Intelligence (N N Kiselyova)

Alloy Design (S Naka and T Khna)

Intermetallics on the Internet (J H Westbrook)

Author Index

Subject Index

Compound Index

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