Table of Contents

Preface. POWDER AND PARTICULATE MAKING AND PROCESSING. Analysis of Gas Recirculation Flow Effects in the Melt FeedingZone of aClose-Coupled Gas Atomization Nozzle (I.E. Anderson,R.L. Terpstra and R. Figliola). The Effect of Swirl on Gas Velocity Decay in a Generic AnnularClose-Coupled Nozzle (S.P. Mates, F.S. Biancaniello and S.D.Ridder). Reduced-Scale Gas Atomizer Facility for Rapid SolidificationStudies (Abstract Only) (F.S. Biancaniello, S.P. Mates, and S.D.Ridder). Argon Atomizated Powder Astaloy for Jet Engine Discs (AbstractOnly) (L.M. Bianchi). Metallic Filters for Hot Gas Clean-Up (R.L. Terpstra, I.E.Anderson and B. Gleeson). Thermal Plasma Processing of Boron Carbide Fine Powders (N.R.Thakkar and R.G. Reddy). Solid State Processing of AZ31 Alloy from Machined Chips(Abstract Only) (T. Luangvaranunt, K. Kondoh and T.Aizawa). SINTERING. Numerical Simulation of Shape Changes During CementedCarbideSintering (A. Petersson and J. Agren). Oxidation of Fuel Cell Interconnect Alloys Produced by PowderExtrusion (Abstract Only) (B.C. Church, T.H. Sanders, Jr., andJ.K. Cochran). Hydrogen Sorption Properties of Mg-x wt.% Mm Alloys (N.E.Tran and S.G. Lambrakos). Shock Compaction of Exchange-Coupled Bulk NanocompositeMagnets(Abstract Only) (Z.Q. Jin, K.H. Chen, J. Li, G. Kennedy,H. Zeng, S.-F. Cheng an Z.L. Wang). Present Status and Future Potential of Sinter-Forging Technology(S. Kumar and A.K. Jha). Interfacial Friction During Mechanical Processing of SinteredMetalPowder Preforms (S. Kumar, A.K. Jha, M. Agarwal and R.K.Singh). Nanostructured Bulk Cu Obtained by Consolidation of Cu ParticlesUsing Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (M. Haouaoui and I.Karaman). IN-SITU REACTIONS FOR SYNTHESIS AND DENSIFICATION. Microstructure and Strength of Shock Synthesized and DensifiedTungstenHeavy Alloys (F.D.S. Marquis and A. Mahajan). Production of Nanophase Metals via the Continuous MicrowavePolyol Process (D. Lewis, M.A. Imam, R.W. Bruce, L.K. Kurihara,A.W. Fliflet and S.H. Gold). Mechanical Alloying for Advanced Materials (C. Suryanarayanaand E. Ivanov). Fabrication of Bulk Nanocomposite Magnets by Nano-PowderMetallurgy (J.P. Liu). Synthesis of Advanced Ceramic Composites (Abstract Only) (O.Okrostsvaridze, F.D.S. Marquis, G. Tavadze, A. Khvadagiani and D.Sachvadze). Influence of Neutron Irradiation on Shock Wave StrengthenedTitaniumand Copper (Abstract Only) (N. Chikhradze, F.D.S.Marquis, E.S. Lapiashvili, M.T. Asatiani and A.B.Peikrishvili). Explosive Compaction/Cladding of YBCO Discs: A NumericalApproach (A.G. Mamalis, I.N. Vottea, D.E. Manolakos, A. Szalayand F.D.S. Marquis). Coating of SWNTs with Nickel by Electroless Plating Method(Abstract Only) (O. Zeng, Y. Bayazitoglu and E.V.Barrera). RAPID PROTOTYPING AND RAPID MANUFACTURING. Selective Laser Polishing Surface Phenomenology in Fe-CuIndirect SLS Products (Abstract Only) (J.A. Ramos and D.L.Bourell). Slurry Extrusion and Laser Densification in Rapid Prototypingfor Dental Restoration (Abstract Only) (L.L. Shaw, X. Li and J.Wang). Rapid Materials Prototyping as a Combinatorial Materials ScienceTool (Abstract Only) (R. Vilar). Laser Powder Deposition of Titanium Engine Exhaust Valves withWear Resistant Coatings (Abstract Only) (J.W. Sears, E. Pollard,M. Moberg, N. Wald, V. Johnson and F.D.S. Marquis). Development of Laser-Powder Additive Manufacturing for Industry:Historical Perspective, Current and Future Applications (J.W.Sears). Microstructural Observations of 316L Stainless Steel LaserPowder Depositions (S.K. Koduri, E. Henderson, A.C. Costello andJ.W. Sears). Laser Enhanced Thermal Spray Coatings (V. Loganathan, C.H.Jenkins, C. Allen and J.W. Sears). Structure of MCrAlY Laser Cladding Coatings Deposited onSingleCrystal Alloy Turbine Blades (P.N. Ferreira, R. Vilar,J.P. Pina, R.C. da Silva, A.D. Sequeira and F.D.S.Marquis). Qualification of Model Based LENS Materials Processing (AbstractOnly) (J.E. Smugeresky, R. Grylls, D.M. Keicher and C.Robino). STRUCTURE/PROPERTIES/PROCESSING RELATIONSHIPS. An Overview of Current Research and Industrial Practices of BePowderMetallurgy (Abstract Only) (J.C. Foley, S.P. Abeln, P.W.Stanek, B.D. Bartram, V.D. Vargas and B. Aikin). Structure and Properties of Consolidated Amorphous Metal Powder(F.S. Biancaniello, T.F. Zahrah, R.D. Jiggetts, R. Rowland, S.P.Mates and S.D. Ridder). Instrumented Mechanical Alloying of a Novel Superalloy Powder(M.G. McKimpson and M. King). Double Cemented Carbide Microstructural Model ofToughness(Abstract Only) (X. Deng, T. Tang, N. Sun, A. Griffoand J.W. Bitler). Powder-Derived High-Conductivity Coatings for Copper Alloys(L.U. Ogbuji). Increased Processing Options and Properties of Molybdenum41%Rhenium as a Result of Powder Modification (D. Mitchell, T.Leonhardt, J. Downs and N. Moore). Precast Refractory Systems: The Furnace Lining Systems for theFuture(Abstract Only) (D. Quilter). Author Index. Subject Index.

About the Author

Fernand D. S. Marquis is the author of Powder Materials: Current Research and Industrial Practices III, published by Wiley.