Earle Ryba

Earle Ryba
Professor Emeritus, Metallurgy
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
202 Steidle Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-3760
ryba@matse.psu.edu

 

Earl is in mikes office.

Research Interests: 
  • Phase relations and heat treatment of Ti-Ru-Al alloys
  • Hydrogen storage in intermetallic compounds
  • Structure of polymer/metal interfaces
Journal Articles and Publications: 
  1. Kim, Jangsoon; Ryba, Earle R.; Bai, Jianming. Effect of the polyurethane crystalline interphase formed at an Al surface on water-vapor absorption. Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2003), 89(5), 1417-1422.
  2. Kim, Jangsoon; Ryba, Earle; Bai, Jianming. Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction studies on the structures of polyurethane films and their effects on adhesion to Al substrates. Polymer (2003), 44(21), 6663-6674.
  3. Kim, Jangsoon; Cho, Jaedong; Ryba, Earle; Bai, Jianming. Interfacial structures of polyurethane thin films on various substrate materials. Polymer Journal (Tokyo, Japan) (2003), 35(12), 929-937.
  4. Kim, J.; Ryba, E.; Miller, J. W.; Bai, J. Adhesion of a rigid polyurethane foam to zinc phosphated steel. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (2003), 17(10), 1351-1368.
  5. Kim, J.; Ryba, E. The effect of polyol OH number on the bond strength of rigid polyurethane on an aluminum substrate. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (2001), 15(14), 1747-1762.

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