Versailles Advanced Materials and

K. W. Reynard, ed.. Inventory ofiMaterials Designation Systems, Versailles Advanced Materials and Standards, TWA-10, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, U.K., 1992. 

We first contemplated creating a fracture toughness reference material in late 1994 after the completion of a very successful Versailles Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS) international round robin. VAMAS is a prestandardization collaboration program between the G-8 countries and the European Community. 

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