Proceedings of a symposium held at the 1993 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Nov.-Dec. 1993. The volume is divided into eight sections: silicide microstructures and deformation; silicide synthesis and processing; silicide mechanical behavior and problems; silicide oxidation and properties; recent advances in refractory alloys and processing; refractory alloys physical and mechanical metallurgy; refractory alloys multiphase materials and composites; and applications of refractory alloys. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.