Journal of z Se! + ELSEVIER ember 2000 Contents Letters La substituted SrMnO N. Kamegashira (Toyohashi, Japan) trruacc t ure of ternary CeRhX compounds, X s, Sb, Bi P. Salamakha (Higashi-Hiroshima and Ibaraki, Japan), O. Sologub, T. Suemitsu and T. Takabatake (Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan) Neodymium trihydride, NdH ,, with tysonite type structure G. Renaudin (Geneva, Switzerland), P. Fischer (Villigen, Switzerland) and K. Yvon (Geneva, Switzerland and Qld., Australia) On the synthesis of the new intermetallic phase Nd ,(Fe.W) J.L. Sanchez Li., A.D. Santana Gil (La Habana, Cuba), J. Matutes Aquino and C. Torres-Garibay (Chihuahua, Mexico) The La~Y—Ag system: isothermal section at 700°C and hardness of the intermetallic phases 0.0. Shcherban, N.Z. Vityk, R.E. Gladyshevskii (L’ viv, Ukraine) and R. Fliikiger (Genéve. Switzerland) Physics Large thermoelectric power in several metallic compounds of cerium and uranium Y. Bando (Kure, Japan), T. Suemitsu, K. Takagi, H. Tokushima, Y. Echizen, K. Katoh, K. Umeo, Y. Maeda and 1 Takabatake (Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan) Magnetic and structural properties of Ce ,Fe Mn, compounds \.G. Kuchin, A.N. Pirogov, V.I. Khrabrov, A.E. Teplykh, A.S. Ermolenko and EN. Belozerov (Ekaterinburg, Russia) Au and Fe Mossbauer study of Au-substituted Al-Cu—Fe quasi-crystalline alloys A. Kyek, F.E. Wagner (Garching, Germany), P. Palade, A. Jianu, D. Macovei, R. Popescu, R. Manaila and G. Filoti (Bucharest-Magurele, Romania) Magnetic properties of TbFe, Al N.P. Duong, I.H. Hagmusa, E. Briick, F.R. de Boer and K.H.J. Buschow (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Magnetic study of HfFe,Ge,-type solid solutions TbMn,Ge, ,Ga, (0.05Sx=0.60) and TmMn,Ge, ,Ga, (0.2S.=1.0) G. Venturini (Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France) Hydrogen occupancy, H NMR spectrum and second moment of Zr, Ni H metallic glasses G. Lasanda, P. Banki and K. Tompa (Budapest, Hungary) Chemistry Crystal structure of RNiPb (R=Y, Nd, Sm, Gd. Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Lu) compounds L.D. Gulay (Wrolcaw, Poland), Ya.M. Kalychak (L’ viv, Ukraine), M. Wolcyrz and K. Lukaszewicz (Wrolcaw, Poland) Gas atomization of metal hydrides for Ni-MH battery applications M.L. Anderson and I.E. Anderson (Ames, IA, USA) Hydriding characteristics of zirconium-substituted FeTi N. Nishimiya, T. Wada, A. Matsumoto and K. Tsutsumi (Toyohashi, Japan) Crystal structure and Charge Distribution of ErFe MnO M. Nespolo, M. Isobe (Ibaraki, Japan), J. lida (Chiba, Japan) and N. Kimizuka (Sonora, Mexico) Crystal structure of K,Pu(SO,),-2H,O K.D. Singh Mudher and K. Krishnan (Mumbai, India) Solid state phase transformations in LiAlH, during high-energy ball-milling V.P. Balema, V.K. Pecharsky and K.W. Dennis (Ames, IA, USA) Elsevier Science BV Metallurgy Refinement of the crystal structure of Ge ,Nd L. Zeng (Guangxi, PR China) and H.F. Franzen (Ames, IA, USA) Standard enthalpies of formation of some Th alloys with Group VIII elements (Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ir and Pt), determined by high-temperature direct synthesis calorimetry J. Wang (Chicago, IL, USA and Guangzhou, PR China), Q. Guo (Chicago, IL, USA and Guiyang, PR China) and OJ Kleppa (Chicago, IL, USA) The phase diagrams of the quasibinary systems (Pb,Ge)Te and (Ge,Sn)Te L. Yashina (Moscow, Russia) and V. Leute (Miinster, Germany) Isothermal section of the phase diagram of the ternary system Dy—Ni-Ti at 773 K L. Jinggi, P. Shunkang and Z. Yinghong (Guangxi, PR China) The preparation of high hydrogen content yttrium silicide carbides with reversible storage potential M.A. Hassen and 1.J. McColm (Bradford, UK) X-ray characterization of the microstructure of a-CuTi alloys by Rietveld’s method 4. Chanda and M. De (Calcutta, India) Thermodynamic evaluation of the Mo—Ru system C.-S. Oh, H. Murakami and H. Harada (Ibaraki, Japan) Formation of superabundant vacancies in Pd—H alloys Y. Fukai (Tokyo, Japan), Y. Ishii (Saitama, Japan), Y. Goto (Tokyo, Japan) and K. Watanabe (Saitama, Japan) CVM calculation of the ternary system Co—Cu—Fe S. Bein, C. Colinet and M. Durand-Charre (St. Martin d’ Heres, France) Investigation of phase diagram of the Y-Cu—Pb system at 870 K L.D. Gulay (Wroclaw, Poland) Standard enthalpies of formation of ThAl,, ThSi,, ThGe, and Th.Sn,, determined by high-temperature direct synthesis calorimetry J. Wang (Chicago, IL, USA and Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China), Q. Guo (Chicago, IL, USA and Guiyang, People’s Republic of China) and O.J. Kleppa (Chicago, IL, USA) Microstructure characterization of phase transformations in a Zn—22 wt%Al-—2 wt%Cu alloy by XRD, SEM, TEM and FIM H.J. Dorantes-Rosales, V.M. Lopez-Hirata, J.L. Méndez-Velazquez, M.L. Saucedo-Munoz and D. Hernandez-Silva (México, Mexico) Materials Science Influence of temperature and of structure of antimony substrate on gallium diffusion into the GaSb semiconductor compound V.M. Kozlov and L. Peraldo Bicelli (Milano, Italy) Magnetic property changes during embrittlement of a duplex stainless steel , ee te S.S.M. Tavares (Niteroi, Brazil), M.R. da Silva (Itajuba, Brazil) and J.M. Neto (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Techniques for metal hydride thermal energy conversion and their optimization grate avec G.A. Fateev, K.-J. Jang, J.-G. Park, S.-C. Han, P. Lee and J.-Y. Lee (Taejon, South Korea) On the kinetics of the a—o phase transformation in an Al-doped Fe—Cr alloy pester la 4. Blachowski, S.M. Dubiel, J. Zukrowski, J. CieSlak (Krakow, Poland) and B. Sepiol (Wien, Austria) Foaming characteristics control during production of aluminum alloy foam C.C. Yang (Hsingchu, Taiwan) and H. Nakae (Tokyo, Japan) Surface analysis of polycrystalline and nanocrystalline LaNi.-type alloys L. Smardz, K. Smardz, M. Jurezyk and J. Jakubowicz (Poznan, Poland) High temperature mechanical properties of a submicrocrystalline Ti-47Al—3Cr alloy produced by mechanical alloying and hot isostatic pressing eee ; ee ‘ ee a ee ee ee M.R. Shagiev (Ufa, Russia), O.N. Senkov (Moscow, ID, USA), G.A. Salishchev (Ufa, Russia) and F.H. Froes (Moscow, ID, USA) Direct hydrogenation of Mg and decomposition behavior of the hydride formed P. Wang, H.F. Zhang, B.Z. Ding and Z.Q. Hu (Shenyang, China) Contents Effect of thermal treatment on the atomic ordering of mechanically alloyed Al,Nb K.-M. Lee, J.-S. Lee, D.-J. Lee (Kwangju, South Korea), S.-S. Kim, I.-S. Ahn (Chinju, South Korea) and M.-W. Park (Pusan, South Korea) Hydrogenation characteristics of Mg—TiO, (rutile) composite P. Wang, A.M. Wang, H.F. Zhang, B.Z. Ding and Z.Q. Hu (Shenyang, China) Mechanically induced gas—solid reaction for the synthesis of nanocrystalline ZrN powders and their subsequent consolidations M.S. El-Eskandarany and A.H. Ashour (Cairo, Egypt) Estimation of bulk moduli of compounds by empirical relations between bulk modulus and interatomic distance Y. Makino and S. Miyake (Osaka, Japan) A molecular dynamics study on plutonium mononitride K. Kurosaki, K. Yano, K. Yamada, M. Uno and S. Yamanaka (Osaka, Japan) Mechanical characterization in PSZ/NiCrAlY composites fabricated by plasma activated sintering J.-H. Shin, S.-K. Hur, C.-G. Ha, Y.-G. Jung (Kyungnam, South Korea) and U. Paik (Seoul, South Korea) The surface state of nanocrystalline and amorphous Mg,Ni alloys prepared by mechanical alloying H.Y. Lee, N.H. Goo, W.T. Jeong and K.S. Lee (Seoul, South Korea) Electrochemical hydrogenation behavior of C15-type Zr(Mn,Ni), alloy electrodes Y.-S. Hsu, S.-L. Chiou and T.-P. Perng (Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC) The hydrogen desorption kinetics of Pd-coated LaNi.-type films F. Cuevas and M. Hirscher (Stuttgart, Germany) Author Index of Volume 313 Subject Index of Volume 313 Keyword list 4O e hey werF ier lt z.