ADVANCESINTHETECHNOLOGYOFSTAINLESSSTEELSANDRELATEDALLOYSAcompilationofpaperspresentedatfoursymposiums:"AdvancesintheTechnologyofStainlessSteelsandRelatedAlloys,"sponsoredbytheAmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterials,AtlanticCity,NJ.,June,1963;"RecentAdvancesintheMetallurgyofStainlessSteels,"sponsoredbytheMetal-lurgicalSocietyoftheAmericanInstituteofMining,Metallurgical,andPetro-leumEngineers,Cleveland,Ohio,October,1963;and"StressCorrosionCracking"and"EvaluationTestsforStainlessSteels,"sponsoredbytheNationalAssocia-tionofCorrosionEngineersincollaborationwithTheElectrochemicalSociety,NewYork,N.Y.,March,1963.Reg.U.S.Pat.Off.ASTMSpecialTechnicalPublicationNo.j6gPrice$21.50;toASTM,NACE,AIME,andECSmembersSi5.00PublishedbytheAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceSt.,Philadelphia3,Pa.©BYAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDAIATERIALS1965LibraryofCongressCatalogCardXumber:65-19685PrintedinBaltimore,Md.April,1965FOREWORDDuring1963theAmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterials;theMetallurgicalSocietyoftheAmericanInstituteofMining,Metallurgical,andPetroleumEngineers;andTheElectrochemicalSocietyandtheNationalAssociationofCorrosionEngineers,organizedsymposiadealingwithseveralaspectsofthetechnologyofstainlesssteels.Membersoftheseorganizationswhowereconcernedwiththeseactivitiesdecidedthatitwouldbeadvantageoustothoseinterestedinstainlesssteelsifthepaperspresentedatthesemeetingscouldbecombinedinasinglepubhcationforconvenientfuturerefer-ence.TheyformedanIntersocietyCo-ordinatingCommitteetoaccomphshthis.Withthecollaborationoftheauthorsoftheseveralpapers,theparticipatingsocieties,andparticularlytheAmericanSociet\-forTestingandMaterialswhichundertookpubli-cationofthepapersinthisvolume,thedesiredconsolidationofpapersfromtheseveralsocietieshasbeenachieved.Thesymposiainwhichtheseveralpapersoriginatedwereasfollows:(1)symposiumonAdvancesintheTechnologyofStainlessSteelsandRelatedAlloys,AtlanticCity,N.J.,June,1963,SponsoredbyASTMCommitteeA-10,M.A.Cordovi,chairman;(2)sym-posiumonStressCorrosionCracking...