M a t é r ia , V olu m e 1 3 N u m be r 3 : D iv e r sifie d Con t e n t
The Journal Mat éria publishes once again in t his edit ion t wo ensem ble of art icles, one com posed out of art icles present ed at t he PaCOS Net w ork 4t h. Sem inar ( PaCOS is t he Brazilian Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Net w ork) and anot her ensem ble of ar t icles t hat w er e spont aneously subm it t ed t o t he j ournal. All of t hem have gone t hrough t he rigorous, but cont ribut ing, peer review process, under t he responsibilit y of t he j ournal’s Edit orial Boar d.
The group of art icles t hat w er e w rit t en by t he PaCOS Net w ork m em ber s show ed a varied laborat orial act ivit y, aim ing t o develop m at erials and com ponent s for SOFC. This has included an effort for t he cont rolled fabricat ion and charact erizat ion of SOFC elect rolyt es, funct ional elect rodes ( anode and cat hode) , as w ell as t he t hr ee- dim ensional sim ulat ion of int er connect s.
influence of m icrost ruct ure on segregat ion in alum inium based alloys, concluding t hat finer dendrit ic arrays lead t o sm aller cor rosion rat es t han do coarse st ruct ures; and in anot her case ( 11019) , m icrost ruct ural variat ions produced by plast ic deform at ion and heat t reat m ent s of an AA6061 t ype alum inium alloy, used for t he fabricat ion of cylinders for com pressed nat ural gas, are present ed. There is st ill an evaluat ion m ade for a polym eric m at erial t o be used in t em por ary prost hesis ( 11015) and an im port ant environm ent al act ion w as m ade, show ing t he possibilit y for copper elect row inning and cyanide oxidat ion from w ast ew at ers generat ed in elect roplat ing plant s ( 11032) .
Rio de Janeiro, Sept em ber 2008
