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This 6th International Symposium on Thermal Expansion, the first outside the USA, was held on August 29-31, 1977 at the Gull Harbour Resort on Hecla Island, Manitoba, Canada. Symposium Chairman was Ian D. Peggs, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, and our continuing sponsor was CINDAS/Purdue University. We made considerable efforts to broaden the base this year to include more users of expansion data but with little success. We were successful, however, in establishing a session on liquids, an area which is receiving more attention as a logical extension to the high-speed thermophysical property measurements on materials at temperatures close to their melting points. The Symposium had good international representation but the overall attendance was, disappointingly, relatively low. Neverthe less, this enhanced the informal atmosphere throughout the meeting with a resultant frank exchange of information and ideas which all attendees appreciated. A totally new item this year was the presentation of a bursary to assist an outstanding research student to attend the Symposium. We were delighted to welcome Mr. Benedick Fraass from the Univer sity of Illinois to the Symposium, and he responded by making an informal presentation on the topic of his research. We hope this feature will continue. Previous Symposia in the series were: DATE SPONSOR LOCATION CHAIRMEN September 18-20 Gaithersburg, R.K. Kirby Natl. Bureau of 1968 Maryland Standards P.S. Gaal Westinghouse Astronuclear Lab. June 10-12 Santa Fe, R.O. Simmons Materials Res. Lab.
List of contents
Reactor Core Materials for Advanced High-Temperature Reactor Systems.- Thermophysical Properties: Some Experiences in Research, Development and Applications.- Materials for Large Space Optics.- Thermal Expansion and Chemical Bond.- Third-Order Elastic Constants and Thermal Expansion of Scandium.- Thermal Expansion of Metals over the Entire Liquid Range.- Thermal Expansion of Molten Materials by the Gamma Attenuation Technique.- Density and Thermal Expansion in Liquid Metals and Alloys (Abstract).- Anomalous Thermal Expansion of Sodium Chlorate.- Lattice Thermal Expansion and Lattice Vibrations of Lead Nitrate.- Expansion Measurement Using Short Cylindrical Seal: Theory and Experiment.- Transient (Subsecond) Interferometric Technique for Thermal Expansion Measurements at High Temperatures.- Universal Graphite Dilatometer for High Temperature Studies.- Modulation Method for Studying Thermal Expansion.- A Simple Dilatometer Technique for Phase Transition Study in Crystals.- A High Precision Priest Interferometer.- Expansivity of Silicon 20-500°C.- Thermal Expansion of Single Crystal Sapphire from 293 to 2000 K - Standard Reference Material 732.- Thermal Deformations and Residual Stresses in Fiber Composites.- Applications of Graphite Composites to Dimensionally Stable Satellite Structures.- Expansivity Characterization of a Graphite-Reinforced Advanced Composite.- Thermal Expansion and Mechanical Behavior of Graphite-Fiber-Reinforced Tantalum-Carbide Composites.- The Thermal Expansion Behaviour of Filament Wound Composite Tubes.- Appendixes.- Banquet-Speech - Energy Storage and the Cruising Sailboat.- Author Index.
