Book Description

This supplement contains further selected papers from the 5th International Conference on the Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials - THERMEC'2006 - held from July 4-8, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada. The collection is an ensemble of the current knowledge of researchers and engineers/technologists working on various aspects of the processing, fabrication, structure/property evaluation and applications of both ferrous and non ferrous materials, including biomaterials, ecomaterials and smart/intelligent materials. The papers are divided into the chapters: I. Aluminium Alloys, II. Biomaterials, III. Coatings, IV. Composites, V. Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technologies, VI. Friction Stir Processing, VII. Magnesium Alloys, VIII. Modelling, IX. Nanomaterials & Powder Metallurgy, X. Intelligent/Smart Materials & Processes, XI. Miscellaneous, XII. Steels, X-Ray Diffraction.