1. Preface

   • C. N. R. Rao
   • J. M. Honig

   EditorialNotes Pages: 245 - 245

2. Skull melting as a technique in the growth of single crystals

   • H R Harrison
   • J M Honig

   OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 253

3. Low-temperature preparation of some perovskites La₂MM′O₆ (M, M′=Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, M≠M)

   • P Ganguly

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 260

4. Stabilization of unstable oxides

   • C E Deshpande
   • M N Sankarshana Murthy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 270

5. Preparation of some transition metal sulphides

   • J Gopalakrishnan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 274

6. Synthesis and characterization of γ-Fe₂O₃ — a magnetic tape material

   • M R Anantharaman
   • K Seshan
   • H V Keer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 280

7. Preparation and characterization of some single, mixed and doped crystals and instrumentation aspects

   • R Krishnaswamy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 293

8. Preparation and sensitization of tin telluride infrared detectors

   • S Santhanam
   • A K Chaudhuri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 299

9. Preparation and characterization of Pb_1−x Sn _x Te pseudobinary alloy semiconductors

   • S C Das
   • A K Chaudhuri
   • S Bhattacharya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 305

10. Growth and electro-optic studies in mixed (NH₄) _x K_1−x H₂PO₄ single crystals

    • K B R Varma
    • Kolluri V Ramanaiah

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 315

11. Preparation and structural characterisation of chemically deposited Pb_1−xCd_xS films

    • B B Nayak
    • H N Acharya
    • G B Mitra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 323

12. Electron transport in hot pressed Y_3−x Gd _x Fe₅O₁₂

    • D Bahadur
    • OM Parkash
    • Devendra Kumar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 331

13. Moisture absorption and its effect on the electrical properties of high silica fabric

    • B E Rama Chandran
    • N Balasubramanian
    • G Aravamudan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 339

14. Phase transitions in molybdenum sesquisulphide systems between 80 and 600 K

    • A K Rastogi
    • R K Ray

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 345

15. Characterization of a-Si:H thin films prepared by dc glow discharge of silane

    • D S Misra
    • P N Dixit
    • S C Agarwal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 357

16. Inorganic materials for optical data storage

    • SK Date

    OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 370

17. Characterisation of high purity rare-earth oxides by x-ray fluorescence methods

    • R M Dixit

    OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 374

18. Elemental characterisation of aluminium used in reactors by optical emission spectroscopic methods

    • L C Chandola

    OriginalPaper Pages: 375 - 379

19. Scanning electron microscopic fractography of permanent moulded cast iron

    • S Seetharamu
    • Malur N Srinivasan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 388

20. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 389 - 389