INDEX

1 Fabrication of a Three-dimensional Micro-manipulator by Laser Irradiation and Electrochemical Techniques and the Effect of Electrolytes on Its Performance H. Takahashi [Electrochim. Acta, 52 (2007) 4480-4486]
2 Effect of Surface Pretreatment by Acid Picking on the Density of Stannate Conversion Coatings Formed on AZ91 D Magnesium Alloy H. Konno [Surface and Coatings Technology, 202(2007)532-537]
3 Spark Anodizing of -Ti Alloy for Wear-Resistant Coating H. Konno [Surface & Coatings Technology 201(2007)8730-8737]
4 Effect of EDTA on Corrosion Behavior of Industria0lly Pure Aluminum Alloy 1100 O. Seri [J. Light Japan Inst. Metals, vol. 56, No. 8, (2006), pp. 435-440]
5 Phase-field Simulation of Dragging of Liquid Bi Particles during the Thermally Activated Migration of Grain Boundaries in the Al-Bi System K. Ishida [Scripta Materialia, 56, (2007), pp. 433-436]
6 Microstructural Refinement Mechanism by Controlling Heating Process in Multiphase Materials with Particular Reference to -TiAl K. Maruyama [Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 88(2006), pp. 131908 1-3]
7 Bioactive Ceramic Surface Modification of -Type Ti-Nb-Ta-Zr System Alloy by Alkali Solution Treatment M. Niinomi [Mater. Trans., JIM, Vol. 48, No. 3(2007), pp. 293-300 ]
8 Bioactive Surface Modification of Newly Developed -Type Titanium Alloy for Biomedical Applications by Electrochemical Treatment M. Niinomi [Japan Inst. Metals, Vol. 70, No. 4(2006), pp. 304-313]
9 Analysis of Tensile Deformation Behavior of Ti-XNb-10Ta-5Zr Alloys for Biomedical Applications M. Niinomi [Japan Inst. Metals, Vol. 70, No. 7(2006), pp. 572-578]
10 Effect of Aging Treatment on Mechanical Properties of -Type Ti Alloy for Biomedical Applications M. Niinomi [Japan Inst. Metals, Vol. 70, No. 4(2006), pp. 295-303]
11 Corrosion Behavior during Cyclic Salt Spray Test of Friction Stir Welded A7075 and A6N01 Aluminum Alloys Y. Motohashi [J. Japan Inst. Metals, Vol. 70, No. 1(2006), pp. 96 to 105]
12 Grain Growth Behaviors in a Friction-Stir-Welded ZK60 Magnesium Alloy Y. Motohashi [Materials Transactions, vol. 48, No. 6(2007), pp. 1387 to 1395]
13 Hydrogen absorption Behavior in Al-Mg Alloys Exposed to an SO2 Atmosphere during Subsequent Annealing G. Itoh [The Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, Vol. 57, No. 5(2007), pp. 203-209]
14 Effect of Alloying Elements on the Change of Hydrogen Content in Al-4%Mg Alloys during Annealing G. Itoh [The Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, Vol. 56, No. 8(2006), pp. 423-428]
15 Behavior of Environmental Hydrogen in High-magnesium Al-Mg Alloys Analyzed by Hydrogen Microprint Technique G. Itoh [The Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, Vol. 56, No. 9(2006), pp. 478-482]
16 Influence of an Inclined Cooling Plate on the Production of A356/CNF and A356/SiC MMC by Compocasting T. Motegi [Materials Science Forum Vols. 519-521, July (2006), pp. 609-614]
17 Environmental Embrittlement in Air of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloys with Chromium or Zirconium M. Kanno [J. Japan Inst. Light Metals, Vol. 57, No. 1(2007), pp. 19-24]
18 Estimation of Fatigue Life in Aluminum Alloy Die Castings with Artificial Defect K. Kanazawa [J. JFS, Vol. 79, No. 2(2007), pp. 90-94]
19 Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Lap Friction Seam Welded 5052 Aluminum Alloy K. Katoh [Journal of Light Metal Welding & Construction, Vol. 45, No. 1(2007), pp. 14-22]
20 Deep Drawability of Magnesium Alloy Sheets Manufactured by Twin Roll Caster N. Koga [Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, Vol. 57, No. 4(2007), pp. 141-145]



21 Determination of the R-Line Luminescence Spatial Resolution of a Near-Field Optical Spectroscopy System for Piezospectroscopy Y. Kagawa [Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 101, (2007), p. 123527]
22 Improvement of Thermoelectric Properties of Icosahedral AlPdRe Quasicrystals by Fe Substitution for Re K. Kimura [Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 101, No. 5,(2007), pp. 103702-1-4]
23 DC Etching of Aluminum Foils Using Self-Organized Materials as a Direct Mask S. Ono [ATB Metallurgie, Vol. 45,(2006), pp. 480-483]
24 Application of Self-Organized Anodic Alumina and Colloidal Crystals to Nanofabrication S. Ono [ATB Metallurgie, Vol. 45,(2006), pp. 120-125]
25 Fabrication of Ordered Nanostructure on Silicon Substrate Using Localized Anodization and Chemical Etching S. Ono [Electrochemistry, Vol. 74, No. 5(2006), pp. 379-384]
26 Superplasticity of Fine-Grained Magnesium Alloy AZ31 Processed by Multi-Directional Forging T. Sakai [Materials Transactions, 48(2007), pp. 1406 to 1411]
27 Extrusion of Tube with Holed Rib M. Murata [Journal of Materials Processing Technology Vol. 48, No. 554, (2007)234-238]
28 Grain Refinement by Severe Deformation Processing and Superplastic Characterization of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Tubes K. Manabe [Journal of the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity, Vol. 48, No. 556(2007-5), pp. 412-416]
29 Effect of Temperature and Drawing Speed on Warm Deep Drawing Characteristics of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Sheet K. Manabe [Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, Vol. 56, No. 10(2006), pp. 521-526]
30 Fabrication of Superplastic Microtubes Using Dieless Drawing Process K. Manabe [Journal of the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity, Vol. 47, No. 548(2006), pp. 870-874]
31 Finite Element Simulation with Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of Superplastic Dieless Tubes Drawing Considering Strain Rate Sensitivity K. Manabe [Journal of the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity, Vol. 48, No. 552(2007), pp. 51-55]
32 Control of Pitting Sites on Al Using Patterned Masking Film H. Masuda [Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, Vol. 9, No. 9, B39-B41(2006)]
33 Effects of Plastic Strain on Surface Roughness and Coefficient of Friction in Tension-Bending Test A. Azushima [Annals of the CIRP. Vol. 55/1(2006), pp. 303-306]
34 Boss Forming, An Environment-Friendly Rotary Forming K. Kawai [Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 344(2007), pp. 947-953]
35 Microstructure Evolution and Texture Development during High-Temperature Uniaxial Compression of Magnesium Alloy AZ31 H. Fukutomi [Materials Science and Engineering 430(2006), pp. 98-103]
36 Anisotropic Compressive Behavior of Al-Mg Alloy Foams Manufactured through Accumulative Roll-Bonding Process K. Kuribayashi [Materials Letters, Vol. 61, No. 8-9(2007), pp. 1771-1774]
37 Influence of Preliminary Extrusion Conditions on the Superplastic Properties of a Magnesium Alloy Processed by ECAP H. Anada [Acta Materialia, Vol. 55, (2007), pp. 1083-1091]
38 HRTEM Observation of Precipitates in Al-Mg-Ge Alloy S. Ikeno [Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, Vol. 56, No. 11(2006), pp. 680-684]
39 The Morphology of Spinels and Al2O3 Particles in an Al2O3/Al-Mg-Si Composite Material Revealed by Scanning Low Energy Electron Microscopy S. Ikeno [Materials Transactions, Vol. 47, No. 7, (2006), pp. 1815-1820]
40 Experimental and Numerical Investigations of the Effects of the Spatial Distribution of Alpha-phase on Fracture Behavior in Hypoeutectic Al-Si Alloys H. Toda [Acta Materialia, Vol. 54, (2006), pp. 4881-4893]



41 Measurement of 3-D Strain Distribution by Means of High-Resolution X-ray CT Image and Tracking of Microstructural Features H. Toda [J. Japan Inst Metals, Vol. 71, No. 2(2007), pp. 181-186]
42 Foaming and Filling-in Behavior of Porous Aluminum in Hollow Components N. Kanetake [Materials Transactions, Vol. 47, No. 9(2006), pp. 2178-2182]
43 Producing Technology of Aluminum Foam from Machined Chip Waste N. Kanetake [Materials Transactions, Vol. 47, No. 9(2006), pp. 2125-2130]
44 Microstructure Refinement of Al-Si Alloy Using Compressive Torsion Processing N. Kanetake [Materials Science Forum, Vols. 519-521(2006), pp. 1441-1446]
45 Formation and Osteoinductivity of Titania/ Hydroxyapatite Composite Films by Pulse Electrolysis M. Okido [Mater. Trans., Vol. 48, No. 3(2007), pp. 328-331]
46 Characteristics of a Near-Net-Shape Formed Al-Al3Fe Eco-Functionally Graded Material Produced over Its Eutectic Melting Temperature Y. Watanabe [Materials Science and Engineering A 416, 80-91(2006)]
47 Grain Refining Performance for Al and Al-Si Alloy Casts by Addition of Equal-Channel Angular Pressed Al-5mass% Ti Alloy Y. Watanabe [Materials Science and Engineering A 425, 55-63(2006)]
48 Grain Refinement Performance of Aluminum Cast-Alloy by Deformed Al-Al3Ti Alloy Refiner Y. Watanabe [Materials Science Forum, 519-521, 1859-1864(2006)]
49 EVect of α-Al/Al3Ni Microstructure on the Corrosion Behaviour of Al-5.4wt% Ni Alloy Fabricated by Equal-Channel Angular Pressing Y. Watanabe [Corrosion Science 49, 2962-2972(2007)]
50 3DAP Analysis of Composition of Metastable Precipitates in Al-Zn-Mg Based Alloys K. Osamura [Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, Vol. 56, No. 11(2006), pp. 655-661]
51 Change in Formability of AZ31 and AZ61 from Room to Elevated Temperatures H. Takuda [Proceedings of the 7 International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and Their Applications, WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, (2006), pp. 330-335]
52 A New Sorting Process of Aluminum Scraps Using Surface Morphology after Laser Irradiation T. Takemoto [Going Green CARE INNOVATION 2006 Proceedings, Nov. 13-16, Vienna, (2006), CD-ROM, 2.2.3: 1-4.]
53 Hollow Amorphous Formation via Oxidation of Al Nanoparticles at Low Temperatures H. Nakajima [Materials Science Forum, Vol. 544-545(2007), pp. 347-350]
54 Effects of Si and Mg on Bondability of Dissimilar Joining of Al Alloys to Steel for Light Weight Car Body A. Hirose [Smart Processing technology, Vol. 1(2006), Proceedings of International Symposium on Smart Processing Technology, High Temperature Society, pp. 13-16]
55 The Effect of Oxygen on Heat Treatment Behavior of a Titanium-50mass%Tantalum-5mass%Zirconium Alloy M. Ikeda [Materials Science Forum Vols. 539-543(2007), pp. 3613-3618]
56 Preparation of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Using a Chemical Vapor Reaction H. Mabuchi [Proceedings of the 6th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology(Pac Rim 6), The American Ceramic Society, CD-ROM 115, 2006, Total 14 pages ]
57 High-Temperature Environmental Embrittlement of Thermomechanically Processed TiAl-Based Intermetallic Alloys T. Takasugi [Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 37, No. 2(2006), pp. 361-369]
58 Mechanical Properties of Mg-Al-Ca Alloy Processed by Hot Extrusion K. Higashi [Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 454, (2007, pp. 384-388)]
59 Mechanically Lithiated SnO as an Anodic Material for Secondary Battery T. Esaka [Electrochemistry, Vol. 74, No. 6(2006), pp. 463-466]
60 Diffraction-Enhanced X-ray Imaging of Hydride in α-Titanium and Titanium Alloy K. Mizuno [Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy (The Institute of Pure and Applied Physics, 2006, Tokyo) pp. 294-296]



61 Surface Treatment of Al18B4O33 Whisker and Development of Al18B4O33/ZK60 Magnesium Alloy Matrix Composite G. Sasaki [J. Materials Processing Technology 187-188(2007), pp. 429-432]
62 Effect on Annular Supersonic Jet by Geometrical Shape of Annular Nozzle T. Kojima [Journal of Jet Flow Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 3, (2006), 14-19]
63 XPS Analysis of RF-Magnetron-Sputtered Calcium-Phosphate Coating K. Nakai [Journal of Japan Institute of Metals, Vol. 70, No. 4(2006), pp. 330-336]
64 Effect of Microstructure Evolution on Mechanical Property in Metastable Titanium Alloy during Aging K. Nakai [Proceedings of the 16th International Microscopy Congress, 3 Materials Science (2006), p. 1600 ]
65 Effect of Microstructure Evolution on Mechanical Property in Near- Titanium Alloy during Aging K. Nakai [Proceedings of the 16th International Microscopy Congress, 3 Materials Science (2006), p. 1671 ]
66 The Evolution of Homogeneity in Processing by High-Pressure Torsion Z. Horita [Acta Materialia, 55, (2006), pp. 203-212]
67 The Aging Characteristics of an Al-Ag Alloy Processed by Equal-Channel Angular Pressing Z. Horita [Materials Science and Engineering, A 437, (2006), pp. 240-247]
68 Experimental Evidence for Grain-Boundary Sliding in Ultrafine-Grained Aluminum Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation Z. Horita [Advanced Materials, 18, (2006), pp. 34-39]
69 Mechanical Properties of a Spray-Cast Aluminum Alloy Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation M. Furukawa [Materials Science Forum, Vols. 539-543(2007), pp. 141-148]
70 Application of Equal-Channel Angular Pressing to Aluminum and Copper Single Crystals M. Furukawa [Materials Science Forum, Vols. 539-543(2007), pp. 2853-2858]
71 A Finite Element Analysis of the Superplastic Forming of an Aluminum Alloy Processed by ECAP M. Furukawa [Materials Science & Engineering A, 456(2007), pp. 236-242]
72 Inhibition of Al Grain Coarsening by Quasicrystalline Icosahedral Phase in the Rapidly Solidified Powder Metallurgy Al-Fe-Ti-Cr Alloy Y. Kawamura [Scripta Materialia, Vol. 56(2007), pp. 785-788]
73 Etch Pit Observation of Dislocations in Early Deformation of Cu-Al Alloy and Pure Mg Polycrystals N. Ono [Key Engineering Materials, Vols. 345-346, (2007), pp. 25-28]
74 Quantitative Evaluation of Acceleration Creep Characteristics in Binary Magnesium-Aluminum Alloys at Around 0.6Tm H. Sato [Fracture of Nano and Engineering Materials and Structures, Proceedings of the 16th European Conference of Fracture, Ed. By E. E. Gdoutos, Springer, (2006)]
75 Effects of Reduced Pressure and Coat Permeability on Casting Characteristics of Magnesium Alloy in Evaporative Pattern Casting Process S. Koroyasu [Materials Transactions, Vol. 47, No. 11(2006), pp. 2798 to 2803]
76 ELID Grinding Characteristics of Aluminum Bond Wheel by Accumulative Roll Bonding N. Itoh [Journal of the Japan Society for Abrasive Technology, Vol. 51, No. 51(2007), pp. 36-39]
77 Creep and Creep Rupture of FSW Joints of 5052 Aluminum Alloy plates M. Kubota [Materials Science Forum, Vols. 519-521(2006), pp. 1175-1180]
78 Development of a New Integrated Machining System — Improvement of Surface Characteristics on Metallic Biomaterials with a New Electrical Grinding System — K. Katahira [Journal of Machine Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2007, pp. 15-23]
79 Development of Cutting-Burnishing Combined tool and Its Basic Performance — Compressive Residual Stress Generation within the Machined Surface — H. Sasahara [Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering, Vol. 72, No. 7(2006), pp. 909-913]
80 Processing of Closed-Cell Magnesium Foams K. Kitazono [Materials Science Forum Vols. 539-543, (2007), pp. 1839-1844]



81 Influence of Excess Si on the Morphology and Thermal Stability of Metastable Precipitates Formed in an Al-Mg-Si Alloy M. Takeda [J. Japan Inst. Metals, Vol. 70, No. 8(2006), pp. 715 to 719]
82 Recycling of Mg-Al-Ca Based Alloy by Vacuum Distillation M. Inoue [Materials Science Forum, Trans Tech Publications, Vols.561-565(2007), pp. 223-226]
83 Extremely Small Thermal Conductivity of the Al-Based Mackay-Type 1/1-Cubic Approximants T. Takeuchi [Physical Review B 74, 054206 1-12(2006)]
84 Effect of Hybrid Surface Modification Composed with Plasma-Carburizing and FPB Treatment on Fatigue Strength of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy T. Morita [Ti-2007 Science & Technology, Proceedings of the 11th World Conference of Titanium (JIMIC5), Vol. II, (2007), pp. 1659-1662]
85 Effect of Compound-Layer Elimination and Introducing Compressive Residual Stress by FPB Treatment on Fatigue Properties of Plasma-Carburized Ti-6Al-4V Alloy T. Morita [Journal of Materials Science, Japan, Vol. 56, No. 9(2007), pp. 872-879]
86 Effect of Strain Rate on Hot Ductility in Al-5mass%Mg Alloys Containing 2ppm of Sodium K. Horikawa [Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, Vol. 57, No. 1, (2007), pp. 25-29]
87 Development of Water Jet Peening in Air and Application to Fretting Fatigue T. Yoshimura [Journal of Jet Flow Engineering, Vol. 24, No. 1(2007), pp. 11-17]
88 Tensile Deformation and Recrystallization in Aluminum Bicrystal Having Symmetric 90 Tilt Grain Boundary T. Okada [J. Japan Inst. Metals, Vol. 70, No. 10(2006), pp. 790-796]
89 Effects of Strain Rate and Temperature on Yield Locus for AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Sheet T. Naka [Journal of Key Engineering Materials, Vols. 340-341, (2007), pp. 119-124]
90 Orientation Dependence of Fatigue Crack Propagation in Magnesium Single Crystals S. Ando [Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals, Vol. 70, No. 8(2006), pp. 634-637]
91 Crack Orientation Dependence of Fatigue Behavior in Titanium Single Crystals by Thin Sheet Plain Bending S. Ando [Key Engineering Materials, Vols. 326-328(2006), pp. 967-970]
92 Effect of Initial Grain Size and Strain Path on Grain Refinement in Magnesium Alloy AZ31 H. Miura [Materials Science Forum Vols. 539-543(2007), pp. 1632-1637]
93 Low Temperature Superplasticity of Fine-Grained Magnesium Alloy AZ31 H. Miura [Advanced Materials Research Vols. 15-17(2007), pp. 467-472]
94 Strain-Induced Grain Refinement in Magnesium Alloy AZ31 during Hot Forging H. Miura [Materials Science Forum Vols. 503-504(2006), pp. 521-526]
95 Microstructure Development during Equal Channel Angular Extrusion of an Al-3%Cu Alloy H. Miura [Materials Science Forum Vols. 503-504(2006), pp. 829-834]
96 Microstructural Changes in as-cast 7475 Al Alloy during Warm Sever Forging H. Miura [Materials Science Forum Vols. 539-543(2007), pp. 2922-2927]
97 Distinguishing Ambient-Temperature Creep Region in Deformation Mechanism Map of Annealed CP-Ti E. Sato [Scripta Matrialia, Vol. 54(2006) 121-124]