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(Microstructural Science Vol. 26). Proceedings from the 31st Annual International Metallographic Society (IMS) Convention, held 26-29 July 1998 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Contents: Analysis of In-Service Failures (tutorials, transportation industry, corrosion and materials degradation, electronic and advanced materials) 1998 Sorby Award Lecture by Kay Geels, Struers A/S ('Metallographic Preparation from Sorby to the Present') Advances in Microstructural Characterization (characterization techniques using high resolution and focused ion beam, characterization of microstructural clustering and correlation with performance) Advanced Applications (advanced alloys and intermetallic compounds, plasma spray coatings and other surface coatings, corrosion, and materials degradation).