Front Matter

The papers and discussions in the Symposium on Strength and Ductility of Metals at Elevated Temperatures with Particular Reference to Effects of Notches and Metallurgical Changes were presented at the First, Third, and Sixth Sessions of the Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Testing Materials held in New York, N. Y., June 23, 1952. The paper by D. E. Furman and A. M. Talbot, “Notch Rupture Tests on Inconol X and Nimonic 80A,” is also being included as being of interest.