1. Preface

   • M. Grasserbauer

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Organic surface analysis with time-of-flight SIMS

   • Hans van der Wel
   • Johan Lub
   • Alfred Benninghoven

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 18

3. Progress in the field of Kossel and pseudo-Kossel technique

   • Hans -Jürgen Ullrich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 24

4. Examination of materials with the mobile thermal microscope ALADIN, a new analytical tool of materials technology

   • Volker Thien
   • Peter Vetterlein
   • Erich Winschuh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 34

5. Material science by nonconventional microanalysis

   • Otto Brümmer
   • Frank Werfel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 47

6. Quantitative surface analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray excited auger electron spectroscopy

   • Maria F. Ebel
   • Horst Ebel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 54

7. The fitting of depth distributions of ion implanted analytes by split student-t functions: The physical basis and a recommended procedure

   • Werner H. Gries

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 62

8. Quantitative surface analysis performed with an imaging photoelectron spectrometer

   • Maria F. Ebel
   • Horst Ebel
   • Robert Svagera

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 69

9. The effect of carbonaceous contamination on the investigation of the surface oxide on silicon by angle-resolved XPS

   • Werner H. Gries
   • Ergan H. Adem

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 80

10. Thermal spraying of composites—Manufacturing and post treatment

    • Hans -Dieter Steffens
    • Bernhard Wielage
    • Jacek Drozak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 89

11. Contribution to the analytical characterization of coatings produced by thermal spraying

    • Susanne Bredendiek-Kämper
    • Holger Jenett
    • Bernhard Wielage

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 99

12. Quantitative surface analysis of coated materials by SNMS

    • Karl Heinz Koch
    • Dieter Sommer
    • Dieter Grunenberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 108

13. SIMS investigations on the growth mechanisms of protective chromia and alumina surface scales

    • Horst Beske
    • Willem J. Quadakkers
    • Hubertus Nickel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 119

14. The segregation of As, Sb and Bi in Cr-Ni steels and alloys with different Ni contents investigated using AES

    • Milan Koutník
    • Václav Landa
    • Vladimír Číhal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 125

15. Surface analysis of a cold leg section of an SS316-lithium loop

    • Inge E. Schreinlechner
    • Gerhard Groboth
    • Krystyna Spiradek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 135

16. Analytical investigations of thermal stability of the interface in an SiC-fiber reinforced Ti6Al4V-alloy

    • Hans Joachim Dudek
    • Rolf Leucht
    • Günter Ziegler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 148

17. High temperature superconductors: Theory, developments, perspectives

    • Karlheinz Schwarz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 160

18. Quantitative electron probe microanalysis of Y-Ba-Cu-O superconducting materials

    • Peter Karduck
    • Živko Štrbački
    • Dorothee Bonnenberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 172

19. Advanced ceramics and their basic products: A challenge to the analytical sciences

    • José A. C. Broekaert
    • Günther Tölg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 188

20. In-depth compositional analysis of ceramic (Bi₂O₃)_0.75(Er₂O₃)_0.25 by AES and XPS

    • Lambertus J. Hanekamp
    • Albert H. J. van den Berg
    • Henk Kruidhof

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 194

21. Characterization of SiC-platelets

    • Bernhard Meier
    • Rainer Hamminger
    • Eberhard Nold

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 205

22. AES investigations on starting powders for high performance ceramics

    • Holger Jenett
    • Henning Bubert
    • Heinz Stadelmann

    OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 218

23. Microprobe analysis of low alloyed sintered steels

    • Herbert Danninger
    • Tayfun Kara
    • Hans -Jürgen Ullrich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 229

24. Determination of thickness distribution and composition of thin coatings by EPMA: Application in the field of steel sheet production

    • Michael Mayr
    • Johann Angeli
    • Dieter Paesold

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 242

25. Investigation of multi-layer coatings on cemented carbide cutting tools by analytical electron microscopy

    • Ferdinand Hofer
    • Peter Warbichler
    • Reinhard Pitonak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 249

26. Analysis of welds of offshore steels

    • Fritz Schmelzer
    • Mustafa Koçak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 258

27. Classical analysis including trace-matrix separation versus solid state mass spectrometry: A comparative study for the analysis of high purity Mo, W and Cr

    • Peter Wilhartitz
    • Hugo M. Ortner
    • Hermann Krabichler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 271

28. Determination of phosphorus, sulfur and chlorine in high-purity aluminium

    • Gerhard Kudermann
    • Karl -Heinz Blaufuß

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 279

29. Application of instrumental neutron activation analysis to ceramic solid electrolytes

    • Gertrude Dorner
    • Paul Linhardt
    • Manfred W. Breiter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 285

30. Some aspects of chemical analysis of isolates by AAS

    • Andrzej Wyciślik

    OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 294

31. Investigations of the distribution of elements in phases present in G-AlMg₅Si cast alloy with EDX/WDX spectrometers and AES

    • Jože Pirš
    • Anton Zalar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 304

32. Application of total-reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry in material analysis

    • Peter Hoffmann
    • Martin Kein
    • Karl Heinrich Lieser

    OriginalPaper Pages: 305 - 313

33. Spark ablation as sample introduction device for ICP-AES: Analysis of free cutting steels

    • Goran Vujicic
    • Ilse Steffan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 325