Advanced Materials & Processes

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Articles in August 2002 issue of Advanced Materials & Processes

• Steel powder with 1.5% chromium is stable, dense. (Metals).
• Standard testing proposed for polymer matrix composites. (Polymers/Ceramics).
• Laser powder welding repairs turbine blades at less cost. (Welding/Joining).
• CVI process makes ceramic composites in less time. (Forming/Processing).
• X-R-I Testing Co. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Climax Research Services. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Diagnostic Instruments Inc. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• ASM names Stanley C. Theobald as managing director. (ASM News).
• Try new online Corrosion course or choose from many others. (ASM Education Update).
• Member benefit update: could you cover the unexpected costs of a sudden illness or accident? (ASM News).
• Hardfacing Solutions CD-ROM. (Special Advertising Section).
• New standard in sensor technology. (Energy).
• Polyurethane tractor parts molded via RIM process. (Polymers/Ceramics).
• Time-of-flight diffraction equipment inspects welds. (Welding/Joining).
• Bubbles and semiconductors evaluated on space station. (Materials Science/R&D).
• Thermo NORAN: solutions for materials characterization. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Positrons detect wing spar damage. (Tech Spotlight).
  by Yearsley, Kyle
• Newage Testing Instruments Inc.: technology leader in hardness testing. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Metallurgical Science Technology Program. (ASM News).
• Materials science technology as a high school course. (ASM News).
  by Bunnell, Roy
• Internet Index. (A-Z).
• Precision vacuum melted alloys. (Special Advertising Section).
• 60 years ago. (Pastimes).
• Unmanned combat air vehicle begins flight testing. (Metals).
• Long-fiber reinforced nylon chosen for master cylinders. (Polymers/Ceramics).
• Friction stir welding developed for titanium alloys. (Welding/Joining).
• Talc and calcium carbonate nanopowders commercialized. (Materials Science/R&D).
• Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co. Inc. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• The Mellen Co. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Equipment & Supplies. (A-W).
• From the President's desk.
• A former materials science high school student reminisces. (ASM News).
  by Herling, Darrell
• Twelve signs your career is stuck--and what will get you going again. (Career Corner).
  by Zaslow, Jennifer
• Pressure indicating sensor films. (Special Advertising Section).
• 40 years ago. (Pastimes).
• Wall Colmonoy: making metals work harder since 1938. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Prepreg aluminum composite sheet brazed to form ducts. (Metals).
• Robotic system cuts cost of carbon/carbon composite rotor. (Polymers/Ceramics).
• Low-plasticity burnishing highly compresses deep layers. (Surface Engineering).
• Crystallographic orientation related to interfacial energy. (Materials Science/R&D).
• X-Ray Flourescence spectrometry: handheld XRF spectrometers permit the nondestructive analysis of materials quickly, accurately, and on-site.
  by Thomsen, Volker B.E.
• V.J. Technologies: the X-ray inspection experts. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Laboratory Testing Inc.: uncover the root cause of your failure. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• IFHTSE Congress and ASM Congress to be the surface engineering, heat treatment event of 2002. (ASM News).
• National educators' workshop goes to San Jose. (ASM News).
• ASM Carolinas Central Chapter hosts employers night and student paper and poster contest. (ASM News).
• Economical heat-resistant alloy. (Special Advertising Section).
• 20 years ago. (Pastimes).
• SPECTRO Analytical Instruments Inc. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Live and online. (Editorial).
• Complex brass P/M counterweight cuts cost by 50%. (Metals).
• Electrical coil encapsulated in resin actuates intertial brake. (Polymers/Ceramics).
• Powder coating of polymer and PTFE prevents abrasion. (Surface Engineering).
• Cracks on flow liners delay launch of Space Shuttle. (Materials Science/R&D).
• EDAX Inc.: advancing materials characterization. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• TUV America Inc. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Commercial Testing Services. (Testing Buyers Guide).
• Fast Tracks on the show floor provide value, practical learning. (ASM News).
• ASM-IIM lecturers announced for 2002. (ASM News).
• ASM Metro New York-New Jersey Chapter celebrates first anniversary and hosts joint meeting with AWMI. (ASM News).
• Diffusion bonding and vacuum metallurgy services. (Special Advertising Section).
• Company Listing. (N-Z).
• PUs never 'tire' of problem solving. (Of Material Interest).
• Calendar.
• Phased array ultrasound beam allows study of complex parts. (Testing/Analysis).
• Aluminum manganese process to replace cadmium plating. (Surface Engineering).
• MTS Systems Corp. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Thermal spray processes.
  by Dorfman, Mitchell R.
• Fastener testing. (Tech Spotlight).
  by Bowen, Jack
• Panametrics Inc.: the innovators in ultrasonic testing. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• ASM Italy Chapter hosts seminar. (ASM News).
• Practical Failure Analysis article available online for ASM News readers. (ASM News).
• Metorex Inc.: Metroex Inc., a leading manufacturer of alloy analysis equipment, is committed to bringing quality analysis equipment to the production environment. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Pocketbook of metallurgy. (Special Advertising Section).
• NITON Corp.: the leader in alloy analysis instrumentation. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• Rhenium net shapes made by laser additive powder process. (Metals).
• Dual-beam lasers deposit thin films for analysis. (Testing/Analysis).
• Filtered arc plasma vapor makes hard adherent coatings. (Surface Engineering).
• Princeton Gamma-Tech. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).
• ADMET: new, used retrofit -- ask ADMET for a total testing solution. (2002 Corporate Spotlight: Advertisement).