1. In the final analysis

   Departments Pages: 2 - 2

2. More on the ideal gas law

   • James J. Robinson
   • Kevin P. Trumble
   • David R. Gaskell

   Departments Pages: 3 - 3

3. More on basic principles

   • H. Y. Sohn

   Departments Pages: 3 - 3

4. Remembering reinhardt schuhmann

   • Paul E. Queneau

   Departments Pages: 4 - 4

5. Not cynical enough?

   • Name Withheld

   Departments Pages: 4 - 4

6. Correction

   • Donald U. Gubser

   Announcement Pages: 4 - 4

7. Extraction & Processing

   Departments Pages: 5 - 5

8. Light metals processing

   Departments Pages: 6 - 6

9. Materials design & manufacturing technology

   Departments Pages: 7 - 7

10. Structural materials

    Departments Pages: 8 - 8

11. Electronic, magnetic & photonic materials

    Departments Pages: 9 - 9

12. Government & policy

    Departments Pages: 10 - 10

13. National engineers week: A well-engineered site

    • James J. Robinson

    Departments Pages: 12 - 12

14. $2 Million in the year 2000

    TMS Minerals • Metals • Meterial Foundation Pages: 13 - 13

15. Science and art converge at the National Gallery of Art

    • L. Glinsman
    • D. Barbour

    Features Pages: 14 - 17

16. The institute for the study of metals: The first 15 years

    • Ole J. Kleppa

    Features Pages: 18 - 21

17. Australian accreditation for engineers—Part I

    • M. J. Lawrence

    Features Pages: 22 - 23

18. Tantalum: The refractory metal with low- and high-temperature applications

    • John A. Shields

    Tantalum Pages: 25 - 25

19. The use of tantalum in the process industry

    • C. E. D. Rowe

    Tantalum Pages: 26 - 28

20. Australasia-Pacific Forum on Intelligent Processing and Manufacturing of Materials (IPMM ’97)

    Announcement Pages: 29 - 29

21. International Symposium on Titanium

    Announcing a Special Pages: 29 - 29

22. Improving the oxidation protection of niobium and tantalum by the use of multilayer coatings

    • Y. V. Dzyadykevich
    • L. I. Kytskay

    Tantalum Pages: 30 - 31

23. Explore the 1997 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Technical Program Via the World Wide Web

    Announcement Pages: 31 - 31

24. Cultivating cooperative R&D on refractory metals in Russia

    • Boris D. Bryskin

    Features Pages: 32 - 32

25. Toward a better understanding of ruthenium aluminide

    • I. M. Wolff

    Processing Advanced Materials Pages: 34 - 39

26. The reactive processing of silicides

    • R. Radhakrishnan
    • S. Bhaduri
    • C. H. Henager

    Processing Advanced Materials Pages: 41 - 45

27. Rheocasting a Zn−Al composite reinforced with coke dust

    • A. Madroñero
    • J. Cruz
    • J. Coleto

    Processing Advanced Materials Pages: 46 - 49

28. Metallurgraphics

    Departments Pages: 50 - 50

29. Materials week ’96 brings attendees “the World of Technology”

    TMS News Pages: 51 - 54

30. Dr. Neil Paton and son, Eric Paton

    Professionals in Portrait Pages: 55 - 55

31. Meetings calendar

    Departments Pages: 56 - 59

32. Consultants directory

    Departments Pages: 60 - 60

33. Classified

    Departments Pages: 60 - 62

34. Retrospect

    • Dennis F. Hasson

    Departments Pages: 64 - 64