Recent Advances in Science and Technology of Materials: Volume 2

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Environmental Crazing and Fracture of Polymers in Nitrogen, Argon, and Helium....Pages 1-13
Electrical Behaviour of Irradiated Polymers....Pages 15-27
The Effect of Polar Groups on the Post-Irradiation Conductivity of Polystyrene....Pages 29-45
Redox Reactions and the Colours of Ancient Glasses....Pages 47-59
Some Materials Problems in the Design of Glass Fiber Optical Waveguides....Pages 61-81
Optical Absorption Characteristics of Copper Ions in Some Binary Alkali Borate Glasses....Pages 83-95
Optical Absorption Produced by Silver Particles in Glass and by Sodium Particles in a Sodium Chloride Matrix....Pages 97-106
Structural Changes in Borate Glasses....Pages 107-122
Some Properties of Photochromic Borosilicate Glass....Pages 123-131
On the Interpretation of the Vibrational Spectra of Vitreous Silica and Alkali Silicates....Pages 133-151
The Rheology of Alkali Borate Glasses....Pages 153-175
The Influence of Microstructure on Glass Strength....Pages 177-191
Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Glass Ceramics and Phase Separated Glasses....Pages 193-201
Static Fatigue in Glass....Pages 203-206
Relief of Residual Stresses in Glasses by Application of Ultrasonic Energy....Pages 207-217
Anomalous Hall Effects in the Spinel System Cu x Ni l-x Fe 2 0 3 ....Pages 219-227
Some Physical and Mechanical Properties of Iron Calcium Borate-Aluminium Composites....Pages 229-234
The Application of Composite Materials for Prosthetic Devices....Pages 235-244
Thermally Induced Stresses in Laminated Fiber Composites....Pages 245-259
Preparation and Mechanical Properties of Aluminium-Silicon Composites....Pages 261-266
β-Alumina Ceramics....Pages 267-283
Lattice Defects and Their Role in the Pre-Precipitation Process in Al Alloys....Pages 285-305
Effect of Large Undercooling on Alloy Properties....Pages 307-314
Some Metallurgical Aspects of Phase Transformation Mechanism in Uranium-Ruthenium Alloys....Pages 315-330
Measurement of the Thermal Expansivity of Ag and Some Ag-In Alloys by High Temperature X-Ray Diffraction Camera....Pages 331-338
Corrosion of Molybdenum by Molten Antimony....Pages 339-352
A Comparative Study of the Corrosion Behaviour of Steel in Neutral and Alkaline Media....Pages 353-367
The Parametrization of the Fermi Surface of Certain B.C.C. Transition and Rare-Earth Metallic Elements....Pages 369-377
Effects of the Friction Temperature on Steels During Sliding Tests....Pages 379-387
The Effect of Composition and Temperature on the Mechanical Behaviour of Aluminium-Copper Alloys....Pages 389-395
Effect of Fast Neutron Irradiation on the Mechanical Properties of Some Zirconium Alloys and Stainless Steels....Pages 397-408
On the Final Size of G.P. Zones in Al-Zn 10% Alloy During Isothermal Ageing....Pages 409-417
Crystalline Effects on the Total Thermal Neutron Cross Section of Chromium and Zirconium....Pages 419-425
Neutron Diffraction Study of ErFe 2 ....Pages 427-434
Back Matter....Pages 435-449