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Each year a large number of papers are given at the International Conference. During your time at the conference, you will have the opportunity to hear of the latest developments in technology. Some of the presentations will be done by some of the best in the Thermal Spray Industry doing research and others from equipment and material suppliers. There are others, done by suppliers, who actually are doing the thermal spray applications on a large variety of parts. However even though the R & D papers have a lot of good scientific information a large amount of it is non usable in the industry. So, who should be changing directions?

Preface for the National Thermal Spray Conference 1996. Includes a publishing history for proceedings from previous thermal spray conference events.

Preface for the United Thermal Spray Conference 1997. Includes a publishing history for proceedings from previous thermal spray conference events.

Preface for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2001. Includes a publishing history for proceedings from previous thermal spray conference events.

Preface for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2006. Includes a publishing history for proceedings from previous thermal spray conference events.

Preface for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2003. Also includes a list of the editorial committee members and a publishing history for proceedings from previous thermal spray conference events.

Preface for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2007. Includes a publishing history for proceedings from previous thermal spray conference events.

Preface for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2002. Includes a publishing history for proceedings from previous thermal spray conference events.

Preface for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2000. Includes a publishing history for proceedings from previous thermal spray conference events.

Listings of the organizing committees for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2013.

Listings of the organizing committees and organizational sponsors for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2022.

Preface for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2022.

Listings of the contributing authors and their affiliations for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2022.

Preface for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2008.

Listings of authors for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2008. The list includes affiliation information for each author.

Preface for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2009.

Listings of the organizing committees for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2009.

Listings of the organizing committees and proceedings editors for the International Thermal Spray Conference 2019.

Listing of the organizing committee for the National Thermal Spray Conference 1996.

Cermet (WC-Co) coatings have been produced on steel substrates by plasma spraying in vacuum and in air. These have been examined microstructurally and characterised in terms of porosity content, stiffness, microhardness and abrasion resistance. Particular attention has been paid to the phase constitution, as revealed by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. High precision densitometry has been used to study porosity levels. Coatings with three different metal contents (9, 12 and 17wt.%Co) have been examined. There is a strong tendency for chemical reactions to occur within the plasma plume, particularly for spraying in air. These reactions can result in the formation of various carbides and even of metallic tungsten. Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the reactions involved are briefly examined. Such reactions are strongly promoted by the presence of oxygen, and are much less marked during vacuum plasma spraying. Plasma power and substrate temperature have secondary effects on the degree of reaction which occurs. A marked correlation was observed between degree of reaction and resistance to abrasive wear. This is consistent with the reaction products being brittle and causing poor interfacial cohesion. It was also found that wear resistance was greater for the coatings with lower metal contents. This behaviour can be attributed to the wear occurring predominantly by ploughing of the metallic phase and consequent release of ceramic particles. This occurred more readily when the metal content was higher. In coatings which had undergone pronounced chemical reaction, however, metal had been replaced by reaction products which conferred poor cohesive strength, leading to poor wear resistance.