Table E.III-5. Materials Science

Annex E. International Armaments Strategy
Army Science and Technology Master Plan (ASTMP 1997)

Table E.III-5. Materials Science

MATERIALS SCIENCE	UNITED KINGDOM	FRANCE	GERMANY	OTHER COUNTRIES	JAPAN	PACIFIC RIM	FSU
Structural Materials	Steel Al,Ti PMC Superalloys Intermetallics Welding and joining MMC CC	Steel Al, Ti PMC Superalloys Intermetallics CMC MMC CC	Steel Al, Ti PMC Superalloys Ceramics MMC CC	Austria Sweden Israel Canada S. Africa Steel Canada Sweden Spain Israel PMC Sweden Superalloys Sweden Canada Intermetallics Israel Italy CC	Steel Al, Ti MMC PMC CC CMC Superalloys Intermetallics	China S. Korea India Steel China India CC China India Al, Ti	Russia Steel Superallo ys Al, Ti PMC Ukraine Welding and joining
PMC - polymer matrix composites; MMC - metal matrix composites; CC - carbon-carbon composites; CMC - ceramic matrix composites

Materials for Armor and Antiarmor	Personnel armor, Armor, Anti-armor	Personnel armor, Heavy-armor, Anti-armor , Tungsten- carbide armor	Armor, Anti-armor	Israel Slovakia Armor Israel Sweden Anti-armor Israel Personnel armor	Armor, Anti-armor , Ceramic armor	China Armor, Anti-armor S. Korea Tungsten alloy penetrators, Armor	Russia Ukraine Armor Anti- armor
e- electonic and electrical; o - optical and optoelectronic; m - magnetic
Processing of Functional Materials	e o m	e o m	e o m	Slovakia Italy Netherlands e Netherlands m Netherlands Israel Italy o	e o m Supercon- ductors	Taiwan S. Korea e	Russia e o m Supercon- ductors
e- electonic and electrical; o - optical and optoelectronic; m - magnetic
Engineering of Material Surfaces	Coatings MFP Ion	Coatings MFP Ion	Coatings MFP Ion	Switzerland Sweden Coatings Canada Netherlands Italy Coatings Italy Sweden MFP Netherlands Switzerland MFP S. Africa Israel Diamond deposition	Coatings MFP Ion	China MFP Coatings S. Korea MFP Coatings	RU, UK Coatings MFP Diamond deposition
MFP - machining, finishing and polishing; ion - ion implantation

Non-destructive Characterization of Components	Metrology NDE systems	Metrology NDE systems	Metrology NDE systems	Sweden Switzerland Metrology NDE systems Italy Sweden NDE systems	Metrology NDE systems Automat.	China S. Korea Metrology NDE systems	Russia NDE systems
Automat - computer controlled and data reduced in real time for components

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