Bulletin of Materials Science

Volume 33, No. 4, August 2010

CONTENTS

Thin Films and Nanomatter
Modelling of flame temperature of solution combustion synthesis of nanocrystalline calcium hydroxyapatite material and its parametric optimization
Samir K Ghosh, Sukhomay Pal, Sujit K Roy, Surjya K Pal and Debabrata Basu	339
Novel fabrication of silica nanotubes using multi-walled carbon nanotubes as template
Zhi-Hua Yin, Xiang Liu and Zhong-Xing Su	351
Temperature dependent growth and optical properties of SnO₂ nanowires and nanobelts
S P Mondal, S K Ray, J Ravichandran and I Manna	357
Photoinduced properties of nanocrystalline TiO₂ sol–gel derived thin films
Akbar Eshaghi, Mahmoud Pakshir and Reza Mozaffarinia	365
Synthesis of nano-particle and highly porous conducting perovskites from simple in situ sol–gel derived carbon templating process
Wei Zhou, Ran Ran, Zongping Shao, Wanqin Jin and Nanping Xu	371

Electrical Properties
Dielectric and thermal studies on gel grown strontium tartrate pentahydrate crystals
A Firdous, I Quasim, M M Ahmad and P N Kotru	377
Temperature dependence of electromechanical properties of PLZT x/57/43 ceramics
A K Shukla, V K Agrawal, I M L Das, Janardan Singh and S L Srivastava	383

Optical Properties
Optical properties of lead–tellurite glasses doped with samarium trioxide
B Eraiah	391
Optical and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of PbGeO₃ and Pb₅Ge₃O₁₁ single crystals
S C Sabharwal, S N Jha and Sangeeta	395

Mechanical Properties
Preparation of Ti₃AlC₂ by mechanically activated sintering of 3Ti/Al/2C/0×2Sn
Baoyan Liang, Mingzhi Wang, Xin Han, Qin Zhou and Xin Li	401

Thermal Studies
Thermal expansion of doped lanthanum gallates
K T Jacob, S Jain, V S Saji and P V K Srikanth	407
Properties of calcium fluoride up to 95 kbar: A theoretical study
Chun-Sheng Wang	413

Composites
Phase transition study in a [Cu₂HgI₄:0×xAgI] mixed composite system
Noorussaba and Afaq Ahmad	419

Single Crystals
Synthesis and characterization of layered oriented hydrogen titanate micro-tube films
H Zhao, J Z Pan, S Y Du and C H Chen	427
Crystallization and spectroscopic studies of manganese malonate
Varghese Mathew, Jochan Joseph, Sabu Jacob and K E Abraham	433
Microstructural and densification study of natural Indian magnesite in presence of zirconia additive
Kaberi Das, Saswata Mukherjee, P K Maiti and P G Pal	439

Ceramics
Micrometer size grains of hot isostatically pressed alumina and its characterization
A K Mallik, S Gangadharan, S Dutta and D Basu	445
Effect of agglomeration during coprecipitation: Delayed spinellization of magnesium aluminate hydrate
Soumen Pal, A K Bandyopadhyay, S Mukherjee, B N Samaddar and P G Pal	451

Polymers
Bandgap determination of P(VDF–TrFe) copolymer film by electron energy loss spectroscopy
Dipankar Mandal, K Henkel, K Müller and D Schmeißer	457

Alloys and Steels
Preferential dissolution behaviour of Ni–Cr dental cast alloy
Viswanathan S Saji and Han Cheol Choe	463
Effect of SiO²₃/OH^– on plasma electrolytic oxidation of Ti–5Mo–4V–3Al
M Asadi, Mehdi Attarchi, M Vahidifar and A Jafari	469
Behaviour of S 355JO steel subjected to uniaxial stress at lowered and elevated temperatures and creep
Josip Brnic, Marko Canadija, Goran Turkalj and Domagoj Lanc	475
Erosive wear of a surface coated hydroturbine steel
Akhilesh K Chauhan, D B Goel and S Prakash	483
Electrochemistry
Comparative corrosion study of Ag–Pd and Co–Cr alloys used in dental applications
D Mareci, D Sutiman, A Cailean and G Bolat	491
Effect of carbon on corrosion resistance of powder-processed Fe–0×35%P alloys
Yashwant Mehta, Shefali Trivedi, K Chandra and P S Mishra	501

Fuel Cells
Pyrolysis of petroleum asphaltenes from different geological origins and use of methylnaphthalenes and methyl-phenanthrenes as maturity indicators for asphaltenes
Manoj Kumar Sarmah, Arun Borthakur and Aradhana Dutta	509

Erratum	517