1. Foreword

   • C. N. R. Rao
   • S. Ramaseshan

   EditorialNotes Pages: i - i

2. Vapour phase crystal growth under microgravity environment

   • Vikram Kumar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 206

3. Crystal growth from melt in space

   • P Ganguly

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 228

4. Crystal growth from solutions under microgravity environment

   • H L Bhat

   OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 245

5. Eutectic growth in space

   • A M Sriramamurthy
   • V S Arunachalam

   OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 259

6. Processing of ceramics and glasses in space

   • P Ramachandrarao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 266

7. Diffusion kinetics and some aspects of solidification under microgravity environment

   • P Ramachandrarao

   OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 282

8. Potential new solidification experiments in space environment

   • P K Rohatgi
   • M R Madhava
   • M K Surappa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 288

9. Potential new experiments on fabrication of cast particulate composites in space

   • P K Rohatgi
   • M K Surappa
   • M R Madhava

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 295

10. The onset of transient Marangoni convection in a liquid layer subjected to rotation about a vertical axis

    • N Rudraiah

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 316

11. Some remarks concerning near-zerog experiments on living systems

    • Vidyanand Nanjundiah

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 319

12. The design of space vehicles

    • K Kasturirangan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 339

13. Indian sounding rockets for material science experiments

    • T M K Marar
    • K S Shyla

    OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 346

14. Current materials sciences in space activities in grenoble

    • Yves Malmejac

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 356

15. Overview of the present status of the european and american rocket activities in the field of materials sciences

    • Yves Malmejac

    OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 368

16. Some notes on the first spacelab payload

    • J M Haynes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 373