1980 Volume 1 Issue 2 Pages 108-117
There still exist numerous problems to be solved in steel manufacturing processes or steel products, which are somehow related to surface or interface properties. Progress in experimental techniques in the field of surface or interface analysis is firstly described from a historical viewpoint. Then, emphasis is placed upon the intoroduction of recent experimental attainments in clarifying the relationship between surface or interface chemistry and propreties of steel products. Future problems to be solved are also discussed.