Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science is pleased to announce that the two part paper Precipitation of Nb in Ferrite after Austenite Conditioning Part I: Microstructural Characterization, by A. Iza-Mendia, M.A. Altuna, B. Pereda, and I. Gutierrez, Met. Trans. A, Vol. 43, (2012), 4553-4570 and Part II: Strengthening Contribution in High-Strength Low-Alloy (HSLA) Steels, by M.A. Altuna, A. Iza-Mendia, and I. Gutierrez, Met. Trans A, Vol. 43, (2012), 4571-4586 won the 2014 Charles Hatchett Award. The award will be presented at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) 2014 Premier Awards Dinner on July 15 in London.
The Charles Hatchett Award is presented for work related to niobium. The prize includes a minted medal of pure niobium and funding to go to Companhia de Metalurgia e Mineração – CBMM in Brazil, the world’s largest producer of niobium.
CBMM initiated and has been the sponsor of the Charles Hatchett Award since 1979 in association with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining – IOM3. The winning paper was selected from a collection of journal and proceedings papers over a two year period and chosen by an international panel of renowned metallurgists. ASM members receive free online access to the entire suite of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions Journals including Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.
