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ULTRAHIGH-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS FOR JET ENGINES

Ultrahigh-Temperature Materials for Jet Engines, 622
J.-C. Zhao and J.H. Westbrook, Guest Editors
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Development of Platinum-Group-Metal Superalloys for High-Temperature Use, 632
L.A. Cornish, B. Fischer, and R. Völkl
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Mo-Si-B Alloys: Developing a Revolutionary Turbine-Engine Material, 639
D.M. Dimiduk and J.H. Perepezko
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Ultrahigh-Temperature Nb-Silicide-Based Composites, 646
B.P. Bewlay, M.R. Jackson, J.-C. Zhao, P.R. Subramanian, M.G. Mendiratta, and J.J. Lewandowski
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SiC-Matrix Composite Materials for Advanced Jet Engines, 654
R. Naslain and F. Christin
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Advances in Coating Design for High-Performance Gas Turbines, 659
J.R. Nicholls
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Winner Announced in MRS Proceedings Submission Contest, 671

Strange Matter Public Preview Opens in Ontario, 671

Abstracts for October 2003 Journal of Materials Research, 678

Research/Researchers, 613

Science Policy, 619
Policymakers Look to Stem Migration of High-Tech Manufacturing Overseas
J. Ouellette

Advertisers in This Issue, 630

Upcoming Conferences, 672
Electronic Applications for Organic Materials; Brazilian-MRS

Library, 674
Welding Metallurgy, 2nd Ed., S. Kou, reviewed by H. Bhadeshia; Handbook of Radical Polymerization, K. Matyjaszewski and T.P. Davis, Eds., reviewed by J. Mays; Principles and Applications of Ion Scattering Spectrometry, J. W. Rabalais, reviewed by W. Heiland

Calendar, 683

Classified, 685

Posterminaries, 688
Whatever Next?
A. King

Volume 28, No. 9
September 2003
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ON THE COVER: Ultrahigh-Temperature Materials for Jet Engines. (top) Schematic illustration of the GE 90-115B, the most powerful jet engine in the world, reaching a record thrust of 127,900 lb (courtesy of General Electric Aircraft Engines). (bottom left) An experimental investment-cast blade made of a Nb-silicide-based composite (courtesy of Howmet Research Corp.). (bottom center) A six-ply SiC/SiC ceramic-matrix composite vane coated with an environmental-barrier coating (courtesy of M. Verrilli and A. Calomino, NASA). (bottom right) A Nb-silicide-based composite specimen coated with a thermal-barrier coating (TBC) undergoing a jet-engine thermal simulation test. A high-temperature torch from the left impinges on the TBC surface while the composite side of the specimen is subjected to a cooling air jet from the right. The specimen is rotated in and out of the flame until spallation of the TBC occurs (courtesy of J.-C. Zhao, General Electric Co.). See the technical theme that begins on p. 622.