The aim of the Materials Chemistry Committee is to provide UK industry and research bodies with access to reliable and up-to-date information for phase equilibria and the thermodynamics for all classes of engineering materials. Such information plays a vital role in underpinning many spheres of materials science and technology. With this in mind the committee seeks to coordinate and monitor critical assessment and experimental work in various organisations and institutions in the UK, to avoid undue overlap of experimental studies and to encourage and nurture international co-operation on phase diagram knowledge.

Membership is a balance between providers and users of phase diagram information and continues to benefit from a strong industrial input. The committee provides a forum to identify industrial needs, a discussion group between specialists and a focus within IOM3 for active international collaboration on the provision of assessed data, on modelling, and on theoretical and computational aspects of phase equilibria in materials. The committee seeks to make its expertise available to the wider scientific and engineering community through the organisation of conferences, seminars and discussion meetings.

We welcome enquiries from members of the Institute and also from others who may be interested in the work of the Committee.

Andy Watson

Chairman, Materials Chemistry Committee