MICROSTRUCTURE AND MATERIALS PROCESSING

The introduction of innovative processing to control and tailor the mi crostructure of materials to give the appropriate properties is increa singly important in producing new and improved products. Microstructur e and processing is considered for a number of 'advanced' and conventi onal materials. The 'advanced' include rapid solidification processing of aluminium-transition metal alloys, centrifugal spray forming of al loys and metal-matrix composites, and hydrogen-decrepitation processin g of rare-earth magnet materials. Developments in processing of conven tional alloys are considered for surface engineering applications and austempering ductile cast iron.