1. Editorial

   • James Fincke

   EditorialNotes Pages: 447 - 447

2. Calendar of events

   Events Pages: 449 - 450

3. In the news

   News Pages: 451 - 476

4. The last word—The “job shop” forum

   • Elliott R. Sampson

   Report Pages: 477 - 478

5. Early thermal spray application—JTST historical patent #9

   • John M. Collins

   Announcement Pages: 479 - 480

6. Thermal spray manufacturing issues in coating IGT hot section components

   • P. Sahoo
   • T. Carr
   • F. Dinh

   ASME Paper Pages: 481 - 483

7. Effects of power level on characteristics of vacuum plasma sprayed hydroxyapatite coating

   • C. Chang
   • J. Shi
   • C. Ding

   Reviewed Papers Pages: 484 - 488

8. X-ray residual stress measurement in metallic and ceramic plasma sprayed coatings

   • J. Matejícek
   • S. Sampath
   • J. Dubsky

   Reviewed Papers Pages: 489 - 496

9. Thermal shock characteristics of plasma sprayed mullite coatings

   • P. Ramaswamy
   • S. Seetharamu
   • K. B. R. Varma

   Reviewed Papers Pages: 497 - 504

10. Numerical study of an ArH₂ gas mixture flowing inside and outside a dc plasma torch

    • P. Eichert
    • M. Imbert
    • C. Coddet

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 505 - 512

11. Experimental studies of twin-wire electric arc sprayed zinc/aluminum alloy coatings

    • D. J. Varacelle
    • D. P. Zeek
    • G. S. Cox

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 513 - 520

12. Elastic modulus measurements in plasma sprayed deposits

    • J. S. Wallace
    • J. Ilavsky

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 521 - 526

13. Comparison of plasma-sprayed coatings produced in argon or nitrogen atmosphere

    • M. Leylavergne
    • A. Vardelle
    • N. Goubot

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 527 - 536

14. Oxidation in wire HVOF-sprayed steel

    • R. A. Neiser
    • M. F. Smith
    • R. C. Dykhuizen

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 537 - 545

15. The effect of residual stress in HVOF tungsten carbide coatings on the fatigue life in bending of thermal spray coated aluminum

    • R. T. R. McGrann
    • D. J. Greving
    • D. A. Somerville

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 546 - 552

16. Selected abstracts of thermal spray literature

    Abstract Pages: 553 - 571