**Development of Light Alloys**

I hope the variety of new topics would be of interest to the readers and fulfill our objectives

I am highly grateful to all my colleagues: Dr. M. A. Bodla (Director COMSATS, Lahore, Pakistan), Dr. Asad Ullah Khan (H.O.D, Chemical Engineering Department, COMSATS, La‐ hore, Pakistan), Dr. Robina Farooq (COMSATS, Lahore, Pakistan), Mr. Tahir Saif (COM‐ SATS, Lahore, Pakistan), Ms. Naila Riaz (COMSATS, Lahore, Pakistan), and my colleagues at KFUPM, Abdul Aleem, Faheemuddin, and Habib Abualhamayel. I thank Dr. M. Shoaib and Dr. Nasir Aqeeli who always supported me at KFUPM. Last but not the least, it is the spirit of my most beloved son Intekhab Ahmad (deceased) who inspired me throughout my life to write. I wholeheartedly thank Dr. Intesar Ahmad, Head of the Department of Electri‐ cal Engineering, LCWU, Lahore, and Mr. Manzar Ahmad, Associate Professor, South Asia University. I appreciate the support given by Ms. Ana Pantar of InTech, and I acknowledge

*Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. Knowledge only*

**Prof. Dr. Zaki Ahmad**

Dharan, Saudi Arabia

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,

of writing the book.

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the support of Ms. Ivona Lovric.

—with apologies to Shakespeare

*comes from the books.*
