1. In the final analysis

   Department Pages: 2 - 2

2. News & update

   Department Pages: 4 - 5

3. Businessline

   Department Pages: 5 - 5

4. The steel can recycling institute

   • Kurt Smalberg

   Department Pages: 8 - 8

5. Recent developments in quantitative fractography

   • B. L. Averbach

   Quantitative Fractography Pages: 9 - 9

6. The new quantitative fractography for analyzing metallic surfaces

   • Ervin E. Underwood

   Quantitative Fractography Pages: 10 - 15

7. Computer-assisted image analysis in quantitative fractography

   • John C. Russ

   Quantitative Fractography Pages: 16 - 19

8. Quantitative fractography and fracture mechanics characterization

   • Sami M. El-Soudani

   Quantitative Fractography Pages: 20 - 27

9. Litter and landfills—the challenges and opportunities for degradable plastics

   • J. Robert Olechowski

   Feature Pages: 28 - 29

10. The growing supply and demand for recycled steel cans

    • Elizabeth Olenbush

    Recycling and Secondary Recovery Pages: 30 - 31

11. JOM technical emphasis calendar

    Also in This Issue Pages: 33 - 33

12. The prospects for Recycling lead-acid batteries in India

    • K. V. Venkateswaran
    • J. Prabhakar Rethinaraj
    • S. Visvanathan

    Recycling and Secondary Recovery Pages: 34 - 35

13. Recovering and recompounding polypropylene from lead-acid automotive batteries

    • Reinhard Pfaff

    Recycling and Secondary Recovery Pages: 36 - 37

14. Recovering Silver from Photographic Process Wastes

    • N. Sathaiyan
    • P. Adaikkalam
    • S. Visvanathan

    Recycling and Secondary Recovery Pages: 38 - 40

15. Recycling chromium-aluminum wastes from aluminum finishing operations

    • Ranko Crnojevich
    • Edward I. Wiewiorowski
    • Andrew B. Case

    Recycling and Secondary Recovery Pages: 42 - 45

16. A study of traditional lost-wax casting in India

    • Lee Horne

    Feature Pages: 46 - 47

17. Metallurgraphics

    Department Pages: 48 - 48

18. TMS news

    Also in This Issue Pages: 49 - 52

19. TMS honors and awards nomination form

    Also in This Issue Pages: 53 - 53

20. When does patent infringement become unfair competition?

    • Walter J. Blenko Jr.

    Department Pages: 55 - 55

21. Campus notebook

    Department Pages: 56 - 57

22. The microstructure and properties of rapidly solidified, dispersion-strengthened nial

    • S. C. Jha
    • R. Ray

    Forum Pages: 58 - 60

23. Nitrogen ion implantation of chromium-plated layers

    • Arnold H. Deutchman
    • Robert J. Partyka

    Forum Pages: 60 - 61

24. Meetings calendar

    Department Pages: 62 - 66

25. Consultants directory

    Department Pages: 68 - 68

26. Classified

    Department Pages: 69 - 71

27. Retrospect

    • Dennis F. Hasson

    Department Pages: 72 - 72