J. H. Westbrook is the editor of Intermetallic Compounds: Principles and Practice, Volume 3: Progress, published by Wiley.R. L. Fleischer is the editor of Intermetallic Compounds: Principles and Practice, Volume 3: Progress, published by Wiley.

"...I can only urge readers to be sure to acquire this book..." (Intermetallics, No.10, 2002) "Once again, as in my review of the first two volumes, I can only urge readers to be sure to acquire this book." (MRS Bulletin, August 2003)

• List of Contributors Preface Preface to 1995 edition List of Acronyms Crystal Structure Nomenclature Some Intermetallic Families Defined I Structure and Composition Structural Classification and Notation (J Lima-deFaria) Amalgams (C Guminski) Beryllides (L A Jacobson et al) Precious Metal Compounds (I M Wolff) Rare-Earth Metal Compounds (M L Fornasini et al) Zintl Phases (S C Sevov) II Bonding and Stability Spectroscopic Approaches (E Belin-Ferré ) Effects of Pressure on Stability and Properties (Y V Levinsky) Magnetic Phase Diagrams (J M Cadogen) Calculation of Phase Diagrams (D de Fontaine) III Properties and Phenomenology Free Surface Structure and Properties (M Gö ken) Color and Optical Properties (S G Steinman et al) Effects of Mobile Species (M-L Saboungi and D L Price) Ion Tracks (R L Fleischer) Thermal Defect and Diffusion (W Sprengel et al) IV Mechanical Properties Creep (D Shah and E Lee) Fatigue (N S Stoloff) Solution and Defect Hardening (R L Fleischer) Strain Hardening (G T Gray III and T M Pollock) Dislocations in Quasicrystals (R Wang and C Hu) Twinning and Mechanical Behavior (M H Yoo) Stacking-Fault-Type Interfaces and their Role in Deformation (V Paidar and V Vitek) V Applications High-Temperature Structural Applications (H A Lipsett et al) Structural Applications for General Use (V K Sikka and S C Deevi) Magnetic Refrigeration (K A Gschneider Jr and V K Pecharsky) Niobium Silicide and In-Situ Composites (B P Bewlay et al) Coating Technology (P K Datta et al) VI Processes and Phenomena Casting (P A McQuay and V K Sikka) Forming (F Appel et al) Powder Metallury (V Seetharaman and S L Semiatin) Thin-Film Deposition (G Ramanath et al) Bulk Amorphous Alloys (R B Schwartz) Sulfidation Behavior (K Natesan and P K Datta) VII Research Techniques Novel Synthesis Techniques (N N Thadhani) Nan ostructured Intermetallics (C Suryanarayana) Defect and Atomic Process Simulations (M I Baskes) Molecular Beam Epitaxy (H M Ng and T D Moustakas) VIII Miscellaneous Topics Commerical Impact on the US Economy (J V Busch and A C Goodrich) Data Sources (J Li et al) Computer Design of Materials with Artificial Intelligence (N N Kiselyova) Alloy Design (S Naka and T Khna) Intermetallics on the Internet (J H Westbrook) Author Index Subject Index Compound Index Contents of Volumes 1 and 2

J. H. Westbrook is the editor of Intermetallic Compounds: Principles and Practice, Volume 3: Progress, published by Wiley.R. L. Fleischer is the editor of Intermetallic Compounds: Principles and Practice, Volume 3: Progress, published by Wiley.

"...I can only urge readers to be sure to acquire this book..." (Intermetallics, No.10, 2002) "Once again, as in my review of the first two volumes, I can only urge readers to be sure to acquire this book." (MRS Bulletin, August 2003)

• List of Contributors Preface Preface to 1995 edition List of Acronyms Crystal Structure Nomenclature Some Intermetallic Families Defined I Structure and Composition Structural Classification and Notation (J Lima-deFaria) Amalgams (C Guminski) Beryllides (L A Jacobson et al) Precious Metal Compounds (I M Wolff) Rare-Earth Metal Compounds (M L Fornasini et al) Zintl Phases (S C Sevov) II Bonding and Stability Spectroscopic Approaches (E Belin-Ferré ) Effects of Pressure on Stability and Properties (Y V Levinsky) Magnetic Phase Diagrams (J M Cadogen) Calculation of Phase Diagrams (D de Fontaine) III Properties and Phenomenology Free Surface Structure and Properties (M Gö ken) Color and Optical Properties (S G Steinman et al) Effects of Mobile Species (M-L Saboungi and D L Price) Ion Tracks (R L Fleischer) Thermal Defect and Diffusion (W Sprengel et al) IV Mechanical Properties Creep (D Shah and E Lee) Fatigue (N S Stoloff) Solution and Defect Hardening (R L Fleischer) Strain Hardening (G T Gray III and T M Pollock) Dislocations in Quasicrystals (R Wang and C Hu) Twinning and Mechanical Behavior (M H Yoo) Stacking-Fault-Type Interfaces and their Role in Deformation (V Paidar and V Vitek) V Applications High-Temperature Structural Applications (H A Lipsett et al) Structural Applications for General Use (V K Sikka and S C Deevi) Magnetic Refrigeration (K A Gschneider Jr and V K Pecharsky) Niobium Silicide and In-Situ Composites (B P Bewlay et al) Coating Technology (P K Datta et al) VI Processes and Phenomena Casting (P A McQuay and V K Sikka) Forming (F Appel et al) Powder Metallury (V Seetharaman and S L Semiatin) Thin-Film Deposition (G Ramanath et al) Bulk Amorphous Alloys (R B Schwartz) Sulfidation Behavior (K Natesan and P K Datta) VII Research Techniques Novel Synthesis Techniques (N N Thadhani) Nan ostructured Intermetallics (C Suryanarayana) Defect and Atomic Process Simulations (M I Baskes) Molecular Beam Epitaxy (H M Ng and T D Moustakas) VIII Miscellaneous Topics Commerical Impact on the US Economy (J V Busch and A C Goodrich) Data Sources (J Li et al) Computer Design of Materials with Artificial Intelligence (N N Kiselyova) Alloy Design (S Naka and T Khna) Intermetallics on the Internet (J H Westbrook) Author Index Subject Index Compound Index Contents of Volumes 1 and 2