First International Symposium On Iridium

The First International Symposium on Iridium was held from 13-15th March 2000, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, as part of the Annual Meeting of the Mienrals, Metals & Materials Society. The symposium drew more than 75 attendees and included more than 40 technical presentations from all over the world. The symposium comes at the end of a decade that has seen increased interest and application of iridium materials as well as important research on iridium-containing materials. This paper reports on new and existing applications; fabrication and refining; and properties of iridium.