This volume is one of a series originally issued under anotherimprint. The other volumes in this series are as follows：Characterization of Catalytic Materialsisrael E. Wachs；Characterization of Metals and AlloysPaul H. Holloway and P. N Vaidyanathan；Characterization of CeramicsRona/d E. Loehman；Characterization of PolymersNed J. Chou， Stephen R Kowalczyk， Ravi Saraf， and Ho—Ming Tong；Characterization in Compound Semiconductor ProcessingGary McGuire and Yale Strausser；Characterization of Integrated Circuit Packaging MaterialsThomas M. Moore and Robert G. McKenna；Characterization of Composite MaterialsHatsuo Ishida；Characterization of Tribological MaterialsWilliam A. Glaeser；Characterization of Optical MaterialsGregory J. Exarhos；Characterization of Organic Thin FilmsAbraham Ulman.