1. Editorial

   • Narendra B. Dahotre
   • Oludele Popoola

   EditorialNotes Pages: 555 - 555

2. News

   Feature Pages: 557 - 567

3. Hotspot

   Feature Pages: 568 - 569

4. Environment

   Feature Pages: 570 - 572

5. Events

   Feature Pages: 573 - 575

6. Laser ablation synthesis and characterization of nitride coatings

   • A. Kumar
   • HI. Chan
   • N. B. Dahotre

   Characterization of coatings Pages: 577 - 582

7. Structural and hardness studies of CN _X /TiN composite coatings on Si (100) substrates by laser ablation method

   • A. Kumar
   • H. L. Chan
   • N. B. Dahotre

   Characterization of coatings Pages: 583 - 585

8. Corrosion protection ability of plasma-deposited amorphous hydrogenated carbon and fluorocarbon films

   • C. Srividya
   • M. Sunkara
   • S. V. Babu

   Characterization of coatings Pages: 586 - 590

9. Nondestructive evaluation of plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coatings

   • D. J. Andrews
   • J. A. T. Taylor

   Characterization of coatings Pages: 591 - 595

10. Modeling the effect of coating weight on the kinetics of iron enrichment in hot dip galvanneal coatings on interstitial-free steel sheets

    • C. R. Xavier
    • U. R. Seixas
    • P. R. Rios

    Processing Pages: 596 - 598

11. Fuzzy logic modeling and control of steel rod quenching after hot rolling

    • G. Giorleo
    • F. Memola Capece Minutolo
    • V. Sergi

    Processing Pages: 599 - 604

12. Edge cracking in hot-rolled coils of semi-killed steels

    • A. Saxena
    • V. Kumar
    • S. K. Chaudhuri

    Processing Pages: 605 - 610

13. Rapid solidification of copper alloys with high strength and high conductivity

    • F. Lopez
    • J. Reyes
    • J. A. Juarez-lslas

    Processing Pages: 611 - 614

14. Influence of porosity on fatigue cumulative damage of sintered iron

    • E. S. Palma

    Processing Pages: 615 - 618

15. Plasma transferred arc repair welding of the nickel-base superalloy IN-738LC

    • C. Y. Su
    • C. P. Chou
    • W. C. Lih

    Processing Pages: 619 - 627

16. Enhanced sintering of an Fe-Ni-P coated composite powder prepared by electroless nickel plating

    • T. Y. Chan
    • S. T. Lin

    Processing Pages: 628 - 632

17. A metallurgical approach to improved cavitation-erosion resistance

    • R. H. Richman
    • W. P. McNaughton

    Processing Pages: 633 - 641

18. A study into effects of CO₂ laser melting of nitrided Ti-6Al-4V alloy

    • M. A. Mohammed
    • M. S. J. Hashmi
    • B. S. Yilbas

    Processing Pages: 642 - 648

19. Characterization of ultrafine La _x Sr_1−x MnO₃ powder prepared by spray pyrolysis

    • B. Zhao
    • R. Zhang
    • H. Xie

    Processing Pages: 649 - 653

20. The fatigue response and fracture behavior of a spray atomized and deposited aluminum-silicon alloy

    • T. S. Srivatsan
    • S. Anand
    • E. J. Lavernia

    Processing Pages: 654 - 663

21. Superplastic deformation of SiC_p/2024 Al composite fabricated by spray atomization and codeposition

    • M. Q. Li
    • Y. Chen

    Processing Pages: 664 - 666

22. Superplastic deformation of 15 vol% SiC_p/LY12 aluminum composite under an electric field

    • M. Q. Li
    • C. Tang
    • Y. Chen

    Processing Pages: 667 - 670

23. Wear maps of Si₃N₄ ceramic cutting tool

    • Y. R. Liu
    • J. J. Liu
    • P. Kapsa

    Testing and evaluation Pages: 671 - 675