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AFS releases gas porosity in aluminum castings tool, gray iron microstructures chart. (AFS/CMI News).


AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System.

AFS - Andrew File System
 Publications has made available its newly updated and expanded reference tool on gas porosity Abstract
Determining the true porosity of a gas filled formation has always been a problem. While gas is a hydrocarbon, similar to oil, the physical properties of the fluids are very different, making it very hard to correctly quantify the total amount of gas in a formation.
 in aluminum castings. Nearly 900 pages, this compilation Compiling a program. See compiler.  contains 60 articles from AFS Transactions, 13 articles from MODERN CASTING and 22 papers from MS conferences. The price for the reference compilation is as follows: $120.00 for AFS corporate members; $180.00 for AFS personal members; and $240.00 for non-members.

AFS also has released a revised and updated version of its Gray Iron Microstructure mi·cro·struc·ture  
n.
The structure of an organism or object as revealed through microscopic examination.


microstructure
Noun

a structure on a microscopic scale, such as that of a metal or a cell
 Rating Chart. This wall chart provides metallographers and other lab personnel a quick and easy way to compare in-house microstructures with standard gray iron microstructures. The price for the chart is as follows: $30.00 for AFS corporate members; $45.00 for AFS personal members; and $60.00 for non-members.

For more information on either product or to order a copy, contact the AFS Publications Coordinator at 800-537-4237 or 847/824-0181 x 241 or visit the AFS Online Catalog Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet.  at www.afsinc.org.
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Date:Sep 1, 2002
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