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THE next International Congress of the International Association for Testing Materials will be held in London on April 19-24, under the presidency of Sir William Bragg (see NATURE of October 24, p. 717). More than two hundred papers are promised from authorities in twenty different countries. The Congress will be divided into the following groups: metals (behaviour of metals as dependent upon temperature, particularly in regard to high temperatures; progress of metallography; light metals and their alloys; wear and machinability); inorganic materials (concrete and reinforced concrete; erosion and corrosion of natural and artificial stone; ceramic materials); organic materials (textiles; wood cellulose; timber preservation; ageing of organic materials; colours and varnishes); subjects of general importance (relation between results of laboratory tests and behaviour in use and service; bearing of recent advances in physics and chemistry on the knowledge of materials; properties of materials ‘for the thermal and acoustic insulation of buildings). Further information can be obtained from the Honorary Secretary of the Congress, K. Headlam-Morley, 28 Victoria Street, London, S.W.I.
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International Congress on Testing Materials. Nature 139, 23 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139023b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139023b0