Publisher's Synopsis
This volume documents the proceedings of the international symposium held during Materials Week '96 in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 7-8, 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Invar Effect.;With a nominal composition of 64 per cent Fe and 36 per cent Ni, Invar possesses the unique trait of exhibiting a near-zero thermal expansion co-efficient. This feature has made Invar an important technological material in the fields of metrology, chronometry, precision optics and cryogenic storage. Although discovered 100 years ago, the research, development, and application of Invar and related alloys remains an important topic for materials scientists to this day.;The 24 papers present coverage on the topics of historical perspective, physical behaviour, mechanical behaviour and applications.
