Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of papers is from Materials Week '93 held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 17-21, 1993. It focuses on aspects relating to the processing of advanced materials such as intermetallic-matrix composites, metal-matrix composites, ceramic-matrix composites and high-temperature coatings, and the processes and techniques relating to the fabrication and manufacture of these materials.;Coverage includes: dynamic shock compaction of diamond powders for substrate applications, challenges in laser processed solid freeform fabrication, gas atomization reaction synthesis, processing and oxidation of properties of zirconium aluminides, and discontinuously reinforced aluminum - the second generation.
