Ordered Intermetallics

Section 1. Electronic Structure and Phase Stability.- Phase Stability, and Cohesive, Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Intermetallic Compounds.- First Principles Theory of Alloy Phase Stability: Ordering and Pre-Martensitic Phenomena in ?-phase NiAl.- Why First-Principles Calculations for Alloy Phase Equilibria?.- Structure Maps for Ordered Intermetallics.- Cluster Expansion of fcc Pd-V Intermetallics.- Solubility and Phase Stability in Ordered Intermetallics.- Computer Calculation of Intermetallic Phase Diagrams.- Atomic Ordering in Ternary and Quaternary Compound Semiconductors.- Critical Phenomena at Surfaces and Interfaces.- Grown-In and Shear-Produced APB Faults in Ordered Intermetallics.- Section 2. Deformation and Dislocation Structures.- Deformation and Fracture of Intermetallic Compounds Having the L12 Crystal Structure.- Fundamentals of Mechanical Behavior in Intermetallic Compounds — A Synthesis of Atomistic and Continuum Modeling.- Properties of Surface Defects in Intermetallics.- Observations of Dislocation Mechanisms Governing Yield Strength in L12 Alloys.- Locking and Unlocking of Screws and Superkinks, and the Yield Stress Anomaly in L12 Alloys.- Deformation Behavior of TiAl Compounds with the TiAl/Ti3Al Lamellar Microstructure.- Solute-Dislocation Interactions and Solid-Solution Strengthening Mechanisms in Ordered Alloys.- Cyclic Deformation of Intermetallic Alloys.- Temperature and Composition Dependent Deformation in ?-Titanium Aluminides.- Section 3. Ductility and Fracture.- Fracture Mechanisms in Intermetallics.- Moisture-Induced Environmental Emhrittlement of Ordered Intermetallic Alloys at Ambient Temperatures.- Atomic Structure and Chemical Composition of Grain Boundaries in L12 Intermetallic Compounds: Relation to IntergranularBrittleness.- The Local Compositional Order and Dislocation Structure of Grain Boundaries in Ni3Al.- The Brittle to Ductile Transition and the Transmission of Slip Across Grain Boundaries in L12 Intermetallic Compounds.- Alloying Effects and Grain-Boundary Fracture in L12 Ordered Intermetallics.- Fracture and Ductilization of ?-Titanium Aluminides.- Section 4. Kinetic Processes and Creep Behavior.- Some Aspects of Diffusion in Intermetallic Compounds.- Diffusion Mechanisms in the B2 Type Intermetallic Compounds.- Interdiffusion in Multicomponent Systems.- Diffusion in Exotic Intermetallics.- Use of Atomistic Techniques to Study Diffusion in Intermetallics.- Kinetics of Ordering and Disordering of Alloys.- Creep Behaviour and Creep Mechanisms in Ordered Intermetallics.- Creep Deformation of B2 Aluminides.- Creep in L12-Intermetallics.- Section 5. Research Programs and Highlights.- Basic Research on Intermetallic Compounds.- Utilization of Computational Materials Design to Improve High Temperature Intermetallics.- Intermetallics Research and Development in Taiwan, R.O.C.- Intermetallic Research in the UK.- The Ordered Intermetallic Research in P.R. China.- Potential and Prospects of Some Intermetallic Compounds for Structural Applications.- Research and Development of Titanium Aluminides in Germany.- Overview of NiAl Alloys for High Temperature Structural Applications.- Section 6. A Brief Summary of the NATO Advanced Research.- Workshop on Ordered Intermetallics.