Reactor Core Materials for Advanced High-Temperature Reactor Systems. - Thermophysical Properties: Some Experiences in Research Development and Applications. - Materials for Large Space Optics. - Thermal Expansion and Chemical Bond. - Third-Order Elastic Constants and Thermal Expansion of Scandium. - Thermal Expansion of Metals over the Entire Liquid Range. - Thermal Expansion of Molten Materials by the Gamma Attenuation Technique. - Density and Thermal Expansion in Liquid Metals and Alloys (Abstract). - Anomalous Thermal Expansion of Sodium Chlorate. - Lattice Thermal Expansion and Lattice Vibrations of Lead Nitrate. - Expansion Measurement Using Short Cylindrical Seal: Theory and Experiment. - Transient (Subsecond) Interferometric Technique for Thermal Expansion Measurements at High Temperatures. - Universal Graphite Dilatometer for High Temperature Studies. - Modulation Method for Studying Thermal Expansion. - A Simple Dilatometer Technique for Phase Transition Study in Crystals. - A High Precision Priest Interferometer. - Expansivity of Silicon 20500C. - Thermal Expansion of Single Crystal Sapphire from 293 to 2000 K Standard Reference Material 732. - Thermal Deformations and Residual Stresses in Fiber Composites. - Applications of Graphite Composites to Dimensionally Stable Satellite Structures. - Expansivity Characterization of a Graphite-Reinforced Advanced Composite. - Thermal Expansion and Mechanical Behavior of Graphite-Fiber-Reinforced Tantalum-Carbide Composites. - The Thermal Expansion Behaviour of Filament Wound Composite Tubes. - Appendixes. - Banquet-Speech Energy Storage and the Cruising Sailboat. - Author Index. Language: English