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JOM: Volume 47, Number 11--November 1995



ABOUT THE COVER
As this issue covers, in addition to other things, the history, economics, and technology of the aluminum industry, the cover provides a historical perspective of an event considered to be a pinnacle of the industry--the dedication of the aluminum pyramid cap on the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. The cover depicts a reproduction of the December 20, 1884, front page of Harper's Weekly. A history of the cap begins the aluminum coverage on page 20.


ALUMINUM

Featured Overview:
The Point of a Monument: A History of the Aluminum Cap of the Washington Monument [pp. 20-25]
George J. Binczewski

Industrial Insight:
Forecasting Trends in Al Manufacturing and Marketing [pp. 26-27]
Tammy M. Beazley

Economics:
The World Aluminum Industry: Status and Prospects for 1996 [pp. 29-30]
Boris I. Arlyuk

Overview:
Key Improvements to Hall-Héroult Since the End of World War II [pp. 32-35]
Kai Grjotheim, Halvor Kvande, and Qiu Zhuxian

Overview:
Electrochemical Magnesium Sensors for Use in Aluminum Processing [pp. 36-40]
Jeffrey W. Fergus

Conference Review:
Light Metals 1995: Advances in Aluminum Production [pp. 43-46]
Milind V. Chaubal, R.A. Cheatham, B.J. Sadler, and R.G. Reddy

ULTRAHARD MATERIALS

Commentary:
Recent Developments in the Search for Ultrahard Materials [p. 48]
Lorenzo Martinez

Research Summary:
The Feasibility of Forming Superhard Nitrides by Ion Implantation [pp. 49-51]
Byungwoo Park

Overview:
The Transient Plastic Phase Processing of Ceramic-Ceramic Composites [pp. 52-55]
M. Barsoum, A. Zavaliangos, S. Kalidindi, T. El-Raghy, and D. Brodkin

Research Summary:
Novel Alumina Titanium-Carbonitride Nickel Composites [pp. 56-58]
P. Bowen, C. Bonjour, C. Carry, D. Gonseth, H. Hofmann, D. Mari, R. Mulone, and P. Streit

Economics:
Growth Continues for Diamond, DLC, and CBN Markets [p. 60]
Thomas Abraham

FEATURE

Education:
Engineering Education in a Global Community III: China [p. 61]
Cui Baolu and Li Fuqi

DEPARTMENTS

In the Final Analysis [p. 2]
News & Update [pp. 4-19]
Archaeotechnology: The Analysis of Ancient Glasses Part I: Materials, Properties, and Early European Glass [pp. 62-64]
Material Matters: Reading and Understanding Patent Claims [p. 69]
Meetings Calendar [pp. 75-78]
Consultants Directory [p. 81]
Classifieds [pp. 81-83]
Retrospect [p. 84]

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Address Change Form [p. 48]
TMS News [pp. 65-67]
1996 TMS Annual Meeting Registration Form [p. 72]
1996 TMS Annual Meeting Housing Form [p. 73]
Professional Preface [insert]
Division News: LMD Edition [insert]
Preshow Report for the 1996 Annual Meeting Exhibition [insert]
Technical Program for the 1996 TMS Annual Meeting [insert]

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