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Volume 22, No. 12 December 1997

A Publication of the Materials Research Society COMPACTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Compaction Science and Technology K.G. Ewsuk, Guest Editor Particle-Packing Phenomena and Their Application in Materials Processing D.R. Dinger and J.E. Funk Ceramic Powder Compaction S.J. Glass and K.G.Ewsuk Compaction Issues in Powder Metallurgy W.R. Blumenthal, H. Sheinberg, and S.A. Bingert Compaction of Pharmaceuticals N.G. Lordi and A.M. Cuitiño Characterization and Control of Compact Microstructure J.J. Lannutti Modeling of Powder Compaction: A Review I. Aydin, B.J. Briscoe, and N. Ozkan     INTERNATIONAL UNION OF MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETIES Annual General Meeting of MRS-I Included Theme Seminar on Energy-Related Materials   ABSTRACTS Abstracts for February 1998 Journal of Materials Research Abstracts of MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research, Volume 2, Articles 18­33   DEPARTMENTS Letter from the President Research/Researchers Advertisers in This Issue Washington News Public Affairs Forum Resources Editor's Choice Historical Note Library Engineering Materials Science, M. Ohring, reviewed by M.L. Green; Polymer Microscopy, 2d ed., L.C. Sawyer and D.T. Grubb, reviewed by T. Dickinson; Advances in Rapid Thermal and Integrated Processing, F. Roozeboom, ed., reviewed by R. Singh; The Physics of Creep, F.R.N. Nabarro and H.L. de Villiers, reviewed by R. Cahn. Classified

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