Applications of Synchrotron Radiation Techniques to Materials Science IV：VOLUME678

A collection of 26 papers, originally presented at the April 2001 symposium, devoted to the materials science community's concern with the characterization techniques that use synchrotron radiation (SR). Topics covered include surfaces, interfaces, electronic materials, thin films, carbides, polymers, and alloys. Recent advances in x-ray absorption and scattering, imaging tomography, microscopy, and topography methods are reported. The papers are organized into sections devoted to structures and transformations in x-ray diffraction; stress, strain, and texture in x-ray diffraction; microtomography and microdiffraction; SR methods applied to cementitious materials; magnetic materials; x-ray absorption and photoemission; and x-ray scattering and interfaces. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)