Latest news:

March 2009:
Version 5.0 of JMatPro is now available. It has taken a long time but the result is worth the wait, plenty of exciting new features have been added. Here are just some of them:

new Cobalt Alloy module
new Al database with the inclusion of Lithium
new Ni database with the addition of Pt and various phases
new Mg database with the addition of Gd and Sc and various related phases
new simulation of heat treatment of Ni alloys
new model for General Steel solidification with cooling rate dependency
new carburisation calculation
new simultaneous precipitation calculation for General Steels
new tool for the estimation of austenite grain size
new calculation of Cast Iron strength
new calculation of Al cast strength and secondary dendrite arm spacing
new calculation of stress-induced martensite formation
remodelling of the Ti TTT/CCT and phases formed on cooling calculations
calculation of physical properties of Ti alloys depending on cooling rate
adjustements in most physical properties calculations
adjustements in the high temperature strength calculation of steels
adjustements in the modelling of thermal and electrical Conductivities for carbon steels
adjustements of physical properties for Ni alloys
improved handling of Al eutectic systems
added export to JSCAST
new code structure to facilitate licensing and upgrades
numerous other adjusments and improvements
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April 2007:
Version 4.1 of JMatPro is now available. Plenty of new features have been added, the most notable of them being:

- a new Solder alloys module
- addition of Co Pb Sn in the Al database
- adjustement of the Ni database to improve performance for 718+ type alloys
- various adjustements to Fe Ni Ti Zr databases
- more data export functions to third party casting/forging software
- added Heat Treatment data export with data per phase
- Ni,Ti & Zr alloys solidification is now calculated down to room temperature
- solidification cooling curves can now be calculated
- calculation of surface tension
- total viscosity in the mushy zone is now calculated
- Jominy hardenability calculations also shows phases fractions along the bar
- high temperature mechanical properties for Titanium alloys and General Steels are calculated on the whole temperature range
- isothermal transformations for Ni,Ti,Zr alloys and Stainless Steels
- phases amount depending on cooling rate for Ni & Zr alloys (already in version 4.0 for General Steels & Titanium alloys)
- quench properties for General Steels have been extended to calculate a full heating+cooling cycle and properties/phases amount can now be displayed versus temperature or time
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Dec. 2005:
Version 4.0 of JMatPro is now available.

- Zr alloys module
- Addition of Boron in General Steels and effect on phase tranformation and hardenability
- Phase amount and physical/mechanical properties of steels depending on cooling rate or cooling profile
- Isothermal precipitation formation for Al alloys
- Phase formation on cooling for Ti alloys
- Martensite transformation in Ti alloys
- Driving force calculations for various reactions for Fe & Ti alloys
- Jominy hardenability improved and extended to all General Steels
- Complete solidification properties calculation for Cast Iron including solid-state transformations
- Cast Iron TTT/CCT calculations
- Extended high temperature mechanical properties including stress-strain curve calculation
- Calculation of engineering/true stress/strain
- Stacking Fault Energy calculation
- Calculation of relaxed Young's modulus (depending on strain rate)
- Extended incorporation of the effect of Si in Ni and Fe alloys
- New Al database with new elements: La Sc
- New Fe database with new element: O
- New Ni database with new elements: Cu V O
- New Ti database with new elements: H Re Ru
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02/04/2004:
Version 3.0 of JMatPro is now available. For an up-to-date technical background please consult the new articles in bibliography section. The main new features of JMatPro include:

calculation of metastable phases and TTT/CCT diagrams for Al alloys (B_PRIME, BETA_PRIME, BETA", S_PRIME, T_PRIME, ETA_PRIME, THETA_PRIME and GP).
high temperature strength calculation for Ti, Ni alloys and Stainless Steels.
creep calculation for austenitic Stainless Steels.
a martensite hardness and stress-strain curve calculation utility
an extended physical properties calculations linked to concentration stepping/profiling.
a very powerful facility for the user to store and organise additional data (text, pictures, links) with the material browser.
HSLA Steels and Tool Steels have been merged and expanded to include steels of most types.
TTT/CCT diagrams extended in General Steels to include medium alloys, tool steels, high Cr steels...
TTT/CCT calculation for carbides in Ni alloys and Stainless Steels.

18/08/2003:
A new version of the Ni-DATA database is now available, it now includes Ru and Mn. JMatPro has been upgraded to use this new database.

23/10/2002:
Complete website overhaul to coincide with the forthcoming release of version 2.0 of JMatPro, which will boast unique new properties calculations to leverage further your productivity and modelling power: New features of JMatPro include -

Addition of a Magnesium solidification and thermodynamic calculation modules
For all materials: extended physical and thermo-physical properties calculation up to high temperature including the liquid phase.
- Molar volume, density
- Thermal and linear expansion, volume shrinkage
- Thermal conductivity
- Electrical resistivity/conductivity
- Young's/Bulk/Shear moduli
- Poisson's ratio
- Viscosity
- Diffusivity
Linking of solidification calculations to physical properties for all materials
Modified Scheil-Gulliver solidification with fast C and N diffusion for HSLA, Stainless Steels, High Speed Steels...
Stress/strain curves
CCT calculations extended to Ni,Ti,Fe alloys
Creep calculation for Ni alloys
Gamma" coarsening and strengthening for Ni alloys
Gamma/Gamma' lattice mismatch as a function of temperature

18/09/2002:
We are looking for agents in various countries to represent our software. Please get in touch if you are interested.