Description:
Intermetallics is concerned with all aspects of ordered chemical compounds between two or more metals and notably with their
applications.
On the more fundamental side, the journal covers: the
crystal chemistry and bonding theory of
intermetallics;
determination and analysis of phase diagrams; the nature of
superlattices,
antiphase domains and order-disorder transitions;
the geometry and dynamics of
dislocations and related defects in intermetallics; theory and experiments relating to flow
stress,
work-hardening, fatigue and creep; reponse of deformed intermetallics to annealing;
magnetic and
electrical properties
of intermetallics; structure and properties of grain and
interphase boundaries; the effect of deviations from stoichiometry on
physical and
mechanical properties; crystallization of intermetallics from the melt or amorphous precursors. Papers on
methods of characterizing intermetallics will be welcome. All aspects of phase transformations involving intermetallics will be covered.
The principles governing microstructural features of multiphase intermetallic alloys will also be included, as will experimental and
theoretical work on diffusion in intermetallics. Papers on multiphase alloys with intermetallic second phases are welcome as long as
the focus is on the properties and behaviour of the intermetallic phases. Papers on metal hydrides are also welcome. The study of bulk
metallic glasses is a recently developed field which will be covered in all its range in
Intermetallics. So will all aspects,
fundamental and applied, of shape-memory alloys.
With regard to applications of intermetallics, the journal publishes papers on all
aspects of processing, including melting, casting, fabrication, sintering and hot-pressing and self sustaining high-temperature synthesis;
the microstructural response of multiphase intermetallic alloys to heat-treatment and the effect of such treatment on properties; environmental
effects on mechanical and magnetic properties and their interpretation and control; practical applications of all kinds of intermetallics
(both structural and functional), and bulk metallic glasses; multiphase intermetallics alloys for dental use; hard magnetic materials
based on intermetallics; superconducting intermetallics.
The journal also publishes special issues with selected papers from important
conferences.
