Thermocynamics of alloy formation : proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Alloy Phase Committee of the joint EMPMD/SMD of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, held at the Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, USA, February 9-13, 1997 to honor the W. Hume-Rothery Award recipient, Professor Bruno Predel of the Max-Planck Institut für Metallforschung at Stuttgart, Germany