Foreword ------- p.2Tsutomu Minami
Summary of the Report of European Glass Research Mission ------- p.4------- p.6Itaru Yasui
Ryohei Terai
New Glass Research TopicsRing Structure in Silica Glass ------- p.11
Hiroshi Kawazoe
Preparation of SHIRASU Porous Glass (SPG) from CaO-Al2O3-B2O3-SiO2 System and its Applications ------- p.20
Tadao Nakashima
Introductory LectureGlass Substrate with Transparent Electorconductive Film ------- p.25
Saburo Tabata
Feature ArticlesNew Glass and Rare EarthRare earth¡ÝThe properties and the applications¡Ý ------- p.37
Gin-ya Adachi
Tsutomu Shin-ike
Overview on Rare Earth Industry ------- p.44
Takeshi Mori
Ultra-refining of Rare Earth Metals and Compounds for Advanced Materials ------- p.52
Ryosuke Hasegawa
Shiro Yoshimatsu
Rare Earth Ions in Laser Glasses and Faraday Rotator Glasses ------- p.56
Yoshiyuki Asahara
Optical Glasses and Rare Earth ------- p.65
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Alkali Resistant Glass Fiber Containing Rare Earth ------- p.69
Hironori Ohta
Mechanical Properties of Glasses Containing Rare Earth ------- p.75
Akio Makishima
Yttrium - containing Superconducting Ceramics by Sol-Gel Process ------- p.81
Sumio Sakka
Characteristics and Application of Rare-earth-doped Optical Fibers ------- p.88
Toshikazu Gozen
News Digest
Overseas TopicsOFC1988 ------- p.97
Toshiaki Shibata
Society of Glass Technology Symposium Glass Strength ------- p.100
Toshiaki Uematsu
Domestic Topics1988 Annual Meeting of the Ceramic Society of Japan ------- p.103
Akio Konishi
1st Fall Symposium of the Ceramic Society of Japan ------- p.105
Kazumasa Matsushita
Application of GlassLead Glass for Cherenkov Counter ------- p.108
Satoshi Kusano
Call on Members"Nippon Rare Earths Co., Ltd." ------- p.110Takeshi Morikawa
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