1. Critical Issues Facing the Thermal Spray Industry: Market Expansion and the Need for Volunteers (Opportunities)

   • Mitchell R. Dorfman

   Commentary 30 October 2008 Pages: 433 - 434

   

2. TSS Accepted Practices Committees—Metallography and Mechanical Testing

   • Douglas G. Puerta

   Commentary 29 October 2008 Pages: 435 - 436

3. Calendar of Events

   Calendar of Events 09 October 2008 Pages: 437 - 439

4. In the News

   News 30 October 2008 Pages: 440 - 442

   

5. In the News

   News 29 October 2008 Pages: 443 - 447

   

6. Discussion Topics and Threads on Thermal Spray

   News 29 October 2008 Pages: 448 - 449

7. Selected Patents Related to Thermal Spraying

   News 30 October 2008 Pages: 450 - 453

8. In the News

   News 30 October 2008 Pages: 454 - 455

   

9. Efficiency of Pulsed Detonation Thermal Spraying

   • Jacob E. Cannon
   • Mohammad Alkam
   • P. Barry Butler

   Peer Reviewed 16 September 2008 Pages: 456 - 464

   

10. The Influence of the Laser Energy on the Thermal Diffusivity Evaluation of TBC by Laser Flash

    • Federico Cernuschi
    • Paolo Bison

    Peer Reviewed 12 September 2008 Pages: 465 - 472

    

11. Preparation of TiO₂ Nanopowders by Plasma Spray and Characterizations

    • Lajun Feng
    • Dapeng Xu
    • Ali Lei

    Peer Reviewed 09 October 2008 Pages: 473 - 477

    

12. Microstructure and Thermal Behavior of Thermal Barrier Coatings

    • E. Garcia
    • P. Miranzo
    • T. W. Coyle

    Peer Reviewed 09 October 2008 Pages: 478 - 485

    

13. On the Role of Bubbles in Metallic Splat Nanopores and Adhesion

    • Meng Qu
    • Andrew Gouldstone

    Peer Reviewed Open access 19 September 2008 Pages: 486 - 494

    

14. Review on Cold Spray Process and Technology: Part I—Intellectual Property

    • Eric Irissou
    • Jean-Gabriel Legoux
    • Christian Moreau

    Peer Reviewed 08 October 2008 Pages: 495 - 516

    

15. Transient Flowfield Characteristics of Polycarbonate Plasma Discharge from Pulse-powered Electrothermal Gun Operation

    • Kyoungjin Kim

    Peer Reviewed 19 September 2008 Pages: 517 - 524

    

16. Fatigue Behavior of Bodies with Thermally Sprayed Metallic and Ceramic Deposits

    • Ondřej Kovářík
    • Jan Siegl
    • Zdeněk Procházka

    Peer Reviewed 23 September 2008 Pages: 525 - 532

    

17. Production of Nanoparticles in Thermal Plasmas: A Model Including Evaporation, Nucleation, Condensation, and Fractal Aggregation

    • Norma Yadira Mendoza Gonzalez
    • Mbark El Morsli
    • Pierre Proulx

    Peer Reviewed 09 October 2008 Pages: 533 - 550

    

18. Optical Diagnostics Study of Gas Particle Transport Phenomena in Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying and Comparison with Model Predictions

    • Sudharshan Phani Pardhasaradhi
    • Vishnukanthan Venkatachalapathy
    • Sundararajan Govindan

    Peer Reviewed 09 October 2008 Pages: 551 - 563

    

19. Particles Spreading Phenomena in the Case of Glass Thermal Spraying

    • Thierry Poirier
    • Marie Pierre Planche
    • Christian Coddet

    Peer Reviewed 30 October 2008 Pages: 564 - 573

    

20. Effect of Cathode Microstructure on Arc Velocity and Erosion Rate of Cold-Sprayed Copper Cathodes in a Magnetically Rotated Atmospheric Pressure Arc

    • Keith D’Sa
    • Lakshminarayana Rao
    • Richard J. Munz

    Peer Reviewed 30 October 2008 Pages: 574 - 582

    

21. Conducting Flame-Sprayed Al Coatings on Textile Fabrics

    • Joël Voyer
    • Peter Schulz
    • Martha Schreiber

    Peer Reviewed 30 October 2008 Pages: 583 - 588

    

22. Selected Abstracts of Thermal Spray Literature

    News 09 October 2008 Pages: 589 - 595