JOM back issues from May 2006:
In the Final Analysis
May 01, 2006; ... "It may not be a silver bullet, but it's a pretty shiny one." -Overheard at the 2006 TMS Annual Meeting Whenever I attend a conferenee, I like to keep my ears open for little observational tidbits, inspirational insights, clever anecdotes, and generally off-the-cuff remarks that ...
2006 TMS Annual Meeting Combines Traditional and Emerging Materials
May 01, 2006; ... From technical session presentations-which balanced emerging materials with traditional TMS technology areas-to non-traditional programming-including a women in science breakfast and industrially focused workshops-the 2006 TMS Annual Meeting combined the society's historic strengths with new ...
TMS Young Leader Interns Glimpse the Society's Inner Workings: From Technical Committee Activity to High-Level Decision Making
May 01, 2006; ... * "To engage the finest young minds in the design, processing, and application of materials by stimulating the dynamic evolution of our * * educational and professional infrastructures."* With funding from the TMS Foundation, eight young materials professionals traveled to San Antonio in ...
The History and Archaeology of Materials Symposium
May 01, 2006; ... At the Materials Science and Technology 2005 (MS&T '05) conference held in Pittsburgh in September, nine papers were presented at the History and Archaeology of Materials Symposium. The conference was sponsored by TMS. the American Ceramic Society. ASM International, and the Association of ...
The Sacred in Mesoamerican Materials
May 01, 2006; ... The materials used in Mesoamerica are the focus for the interpretation of pre-Hispanic society cosmovision with the support of the social system perspective of Bruce Malina and Mircea Eliade's concept of the homo religiosus. Malina's illustration of modern occidental culture and the sacred and ...
Crucible Damascus Steel: A Fascination for Almost 2,000 Years
May 01, 2006; ... Whether you call it Indian wootz, Central Asian Pulad, Bulat, or Oriental Damascus, crucible steel has fascinated craftsmen, scientists, and laymen for almost 2,000 years. This paper will present current research on the origins of crucible steel, its influence on the history of ferrous alloys, ...
Understanding the Copper of the Statue of Liberty
May 01, 2006; ... Pierre-Eugène Secrétan, a French copper industrialist, donated the copper sheets for the construction of the skin of the Statue of Liberty when it was built in 1875-1876. It can be inferred from the history of Secrétan's activities that the sheets were rolled in his plant of Sérifontaine. The ...
Meetings Calendar
May 01, 2006; ... Presenting upcoming TMS meetings and calls for papers Abstract Submissions: For TMS-sponsorcd meetings, abstracts must be submitted through CMS-Plus, the on-line TMS conference management system, unless otherwise noted. The system can be accessed at cmsplus.tms.org. Symposia Proposals: ...
How Roebling Did It: Building the World's First Wire-Rope Suspension Aqueduct in 1840s Pittsburgh
May 01, 2006; ... The noted bridge designer John Roebling introduced his wire-rope suspension concept in Pittsburgh on a wooden aqueduct. His design was later implemented in bridges in Pittsburgh and elsewhere, including New York's Brooklyn Bridge. This article describes Roebling's work based on reviews of his ...
The Use of Metal Threads and Decorations in Byzantine-Greek Orthodox Ecclesiastical Textiles
May 01, 2006; ... Gold threads, like silk, are luxury materials engaged in the manufacture of the finest and most expensive fabrics. While the use of metal threads in European and Near-Eastern fabrics has been the subject of detailed analytical investigation, few studies have focused on the nature of ...
About the Pre-Hispanic Au-Pt "Sintering" Technique for Making Alloys
May 01, 2006; ... The "sintering" technique to produce Au-Pt alloys in pre-Hispanic times in the South American region Tumaco-La Tolita (North Ecuador, South Colombia) is reviewed in this paper. Two Au-Pt alloys were made using small pieces of pure gold and platinum in an attempt to simulate some pre-Hispanic ...
The Role of Protective Orders in Intellectual Property Litigation
May 01, 2006; ... Suppose you have valuable trade secrets which you feel have been misappropriated by another and you wish to sue to enjoin future disclosure and use of the trade secrets and to be compensated for the damage done. How do you go about accomplishing these objectives without risking the loss of ...
The Use of Friction-Stir Technology to Modify the Surfaces of AM60B Magnesium Die Castings
May 01, 2006; ... These experiments were done to evaluate the feasibility of locally modifying the surface properties of magnesium alloys with friction-stir processing. The magnesium alloy used for the study was high-pressure die-cast AM60B, nominally Mg-6Al-0.13 Mn (wt. %). Friction-stir passes were made with a ...
Mg Sheet Metal Forming: Lessons Learned from Deep Drawing Li and Y Solid-Solution Alloys
May 01, 2006; ... The sheet formability of current magnesium alloys at ambient temperatures is poor; however, the formability at moderately elevated temperatures can be excellent. Cylindrical cup drawing tests are used to compare the warm forming characteristics of conventional alloy AZ31B with alloys containing ...
The Carbothermic Route to Magnesium
May 01, 2006; ... The carbothermic reduction of magnesia to produce magnesium offers the potential of a lower energy and higher productivity route for metal production compared to existing industrial routes. The reaction of magnesia and carbon produces a magnesium and carbon monoxide vapor. Slow cooling of that ...
The Anisotropy of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
May 01, 2006; ... The anisotropy of textured aluminum is approximated by a yield criterion with an exponent of eight. The use of this criterion in metal-forming analyses has improved the understanding of the form-ability of aluminum and other metals. The effect of anisotropy on the limiting drawing ratio in ...