Sunday Evening

Oxidation of Non-metallic Materials

• "The Growth and Characterisation of Ultra-Thin (<10 nm) Silicon Dioxide Films on Silicon" - Eugene Irene, University of North Carolina
• "Oxidation of Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites" - Nathan Jacobson, NASA Lewis Research Centre

Monday Morning

Stress in Oxide Scales

• "Stress Analysis by Optical Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Alumina Scales on NiAl and FeCrAl" - Mark Hollatz, Manfred Bobeth and Wolfgang Pompe, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Dresden
• "Fracture and Spallation of Oxide Scales" - John Nicholls, Cranfield University

Monday Evening

Oxidation of TiAl

• "The Effects of Niobium on the Oxidation of TiAl" - Rien Stroosnidjer, Ispra
• "The Role of Chromium in Promoting Protective Alumina Scale Formation by Gamma-Based Ti-Al-Cr Alloys" - Michael Brady, Oakridge National Laboratory

Tuesday Morning

Thermal Barrier Coatings I

• "Adhesion of Thermal Barrier Coatings on Alumina and Alumina-forming Alloys" - Klaus Fritscher - German Aerospace Research Establishment
• "Effects of Bond Coat Behaviour on TBC Life" - William Brindley, NASA Lewis Research Centre

Tuesday Evening

Thermal Barrier Coatings II

• "The Application of Thermal Barrier Coatings in Combustion Turbines" - V. Sri Srinivasan, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
• "Thermal Barrier Coatings, Failure Mechanisms and Life Predictions" - Lorenz Singheiser, Research Center Julich

Wednesday Morning

Internal Oxidation

• "Internal Nitridation and Oxidation Studies" - George Savva & George Weatherly, McMaster University
• "The Effects of Growth Stress on Internal Oxidation of Nickel-base Alloys" - Howard Stott, UMIST

Wednesday Evening

Interfacial Processes

• "Solid-state interface reactions and their application to oxide scale growth" - Bernard Pieraggi, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chemie, Toulouse
• "Protecting Carbon-Carbon Composites with Carbon Fibre Reinforced Diffusion Barriers: Protocols Reactions and Interfaces" - Paul Pemsler, Castle Technology Corporation, Meri Treska and Linn W. Hobbs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thursday Morning

High Temperature Corrosion Resistance of Chromia-Formers

• "Chromia scales: their ability to resist attack by gaseous corrodents, especially those containing chlorine, and by molten glass." - Pierre Steinmetz, Universite Henri Poincare
• "Sulfidation Properties of chromium and Chromium-bearing Alloys" - Toshio Narita, Hokkaido University

Thursday Evening

• "Interface Instability in Ternary Systems with Application to Oxidation, Nitridation and Sulfidation" - Jack Kirkaldy, McMaster University