1. First Asian Thermal Spray Conference (ATSC) 2005 Its Origin and Future

   • Masahiro Fukumoto

   Editorial Pages: 2 - 3

2. Thermal spray: Preserving 100 years of technology

   • Christopher C. Berndt
   • Ghislain Montavon

   Commentary Pages: 5 - 8

3. Calendar of events

   Events Pages: 9 - 11

4. In the news

   News Pages: 13 - 16

5. News from institutes and research centers around the world

   News Pages: 17 - 21

6. Discussion topics and threads on thermal spray

   BriefCommunication Pages: 22 - 23

7. Selected patents related to thermal spraying

   BriefCommunication Pages: 24 - 28

8. Meet Our New Colleagues

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 30

9. Accepted practices of thermal spray technology

   • Douglas G. Puerta

   BriefCommunication Pages: 31 - 32

10. Effects of humidity on the flow characteristics of a composite plasma spray powder

    • Malcolm K. Stanford
    • Christopher DellaCorte

    Technical Note Pages: 33 - 36

11. Synthesis and characterization of La_0.8Sr_0.2MO_3−δ (M=Mn, Fe, or Co) cathode materials by induction plasma technology

    • D. Bouchard
    • L. Sun
    • G. M. Brisard

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 37 - 45

12. Detection of thermally grown oxides in thermal barrier coatings by nondestructive evaluation

    • A. Fahr
    • B. Rogé
    • J. Thornton

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 46 - 52

13. Relationships between microstructure and electrical properties of RF and DC plasma-sprayed titania coatings

    • N. Branland
    • E. Meillot
    • M. Boulos

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 53 - 62

14. In-flight oxidation of aluminum in the twin-wire electric arc process

    • Donna Post Guillen
    • Brian G. Williams

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 63 - 71

15. High-power hybrid plasma spraying of large yttria-stabilized zirconia powder

    • Heji Huang
    • Keisuke Eguchi
    • Toyonobu Yoshida

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 72 - 82

16. Ultrafast thermal plasma physical vapor deposition of yttria-stabilized zirconia for novel thermal barrier coatings

    • Heji Huang
    • Keisuke Eguchi
    • Toyonobu Yoshida

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 83 - 91

17. Ti-B-C composite coating produced by electrothermally exploded powder-spray technique

    • Fumihiro Kikkawa
    • Hideki Tamura
    • Ken-ich Kondo

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 92 - 96

18. Particle characterization and splat formation of plasma sprayed zirconia

    • Li Li
    • Anirudha Vaidya
    • Lili Zheng

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 97 - 105

19. Mechanisms and kinetics of WC-Co−Cr high velocity oxy-fuel thermal spray coating degradation in corrosive environments

    • V. A. D. Souza
    • A. Neville

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 106 - 117

20. Imaging diagnostics study on obliquely impacting plasma-sprayed particles near to the substrate

    • C. W. Kang
    • H. W. Ng
    • S. C. M. Yu

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 118 - 130

21. Nickel-chromium plasma spray coatings: A way to enhance degradation resistance of boiler tube steels in boiler environment

    • Buta Singh Sidhu
    • S. Prakash

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 131 - 140