Wolfgang Fruhwald:

Germanist, Literaturwissenschaftler, Univ Bonn
bis 2007 Prasident der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Mitglied des Wissenschaftsrates,
1994 bis 1998 Mitglied des Rates fur Forschung, Technologie und Innovation beim Bundeskanzler.
Prasident der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG (1992 - 1997

Siegfried Grossmann:
Physiker, Nichtlineare Dynamik, Univ Marburg
Max-Planck-Medaille der DPG 1995,
Vorsitzender der Komission Grundlagenforschung des Bundesministers fur Forschung und Technologie,
Ombudsman der Deutschen...

For everyone concerned with the technology and application of metals and alloys and with the development of new metallic materials, a detailed knowledge of phase equilibria is indispensable. Also, information on the thermodynamical and crystallographical data of the systems under investigation is essential, and often metastable crystalline phases as well as quasicrystalline or amorphous alloys are of interest. Vol. IV/5 presents all these data. Because of the large amount available of experimental evidence and thermochemical calculations, a presentation in one volume, as it was...

25 chapters collect and summarize the most frequently used data and relationships for numerous metals, nonmetallic materials, functional materials and selected special structures such as liquid crystals and nanostructured materials.