""Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""NASA'S MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH PROGRAM""; ""NASA'S MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH SOLICITATION AND SELECTION PROCESSES""; ""SPACE STATION FURNACE FACILITY CORE CAPABILITY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""1 Microgravity Research and the Space Station Furnace Facility Core""; ""NASA'S MICROGRAVITY MATERIALS-SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM""; ""SPACE STATION FURNACE FACILITY CORE CAPABILITY""; ""2 NASA's Microgravity Research Solicitation and Selection Processes""
""OVERVIEW""""Solicitation Process""; ""Evaluation and Selection Process""; ""INVENTORY OF RESEARCH PROJECTS""; ""3 Ability of the Space Station Furnace Facility Core to Support Materials Science Experiments that ... ""; ""METALS AND ALLOYS""; ""Nucleation and Metastable States in the Microgravity Environment""; ""Microstructures Resulting from Solidification in a Microgravity Environment""; ""Phase-Separating Systems and Interfacial Phenomena""; ""Solutal Transport""; ""Ability of Space Station Furnace Facility Core to Support Microgravity Metallurgical Research""; ""SEMICONDUCTORS""
""Microgravity Semiconductor Research""""Ability of Space Station Furnace Facility Core to Support Semiconductor Research""; ""CERAMICS AND GLASS""; ""Ceramics Research in Microgravity""; ""Glass Research in Microgravity""; ""Ability of Space Station Furnace Facility Core to Support Ceramic and Glass Research""; ""POLYMERIC MATERIALS""; ""Polymeric Materials Research in Microgravity""; ""Ability of Space Station Furnace Facility Core to Support Polymer Research""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Temperature-Control Capabilities""; ""Levitation Capabilities""; ""Vacuum Quality""
""Gas Handling""""Liquid Handling""; ""Power Availability""; ""References""; ""Acronyms""; ""Appendices""; ""Appendix A Summary of Space Station Furnace Facility Core Systems Science Requirements""; ""Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""
