Table of Contents

PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME II, CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME II, CONTENTS OF VOLUME I, 1: QUANTITATIVE CONSIDERATIONS OF REACTION AT HIGH PRESSURE, 2: CATALYTIC CHEMICAL SYNTHESES AT HIGH PRESSURE, 3: POLYMERIZATION AT HIGH PRESSURE, 4: PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS AT HIGH PRESSURES, 5: CRITICAL BEHAVIOR IN FLUIDS, 6: LIQUEFACTION AND SEPARATION OF GASES, 7: SYNTHESIS OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL MATERIALS AT HIGH PRESSURE, 8: SYNTHESIS OF DIAMOND AND SUPERHARD MATERIALS, 9: ISOSTATIC PRESSING, 10: METALLURGICAL APPLICATIONS OF ISOSTATIC HOT-PRESSING, 11: HOT-PRESSING AT VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES, 12: HYDROSTATIC FORMING OF METALS, 13: LIQUID JET-CUTTING, 14: STRONG SHOCK WAVES IN SOLIDS, INDEX

About the Author

Ian L. Spain Laboratory for High Pressure Science and Engineering Materials Program Department of Chemical Engineering University of Maryland College Park, Maryland. Jac Paauwe Naval Surface Weapons Center White Oak Laboratory Silver Spring, Maryland and Department of Chemical Engineering University of Maryland College Park, Maryland.