The papers included in this issue of ECS Transactions were originally presented in the symposium ¿High Temperature Corrosion and Materials Chemistry 8¿, held during the 216th meeting of The Electrochemical Society, in Vienna, Austria from October 4 to 9, 2009.

" ... papers presented at the Fourth International Symposium on High Temperature Corrosion and Materials Chemistry, held at the 203rd meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Inc., in Paris, France, April 30- May 2, 2003"--Preface.

The papers included in this issue of ECS Transactions were originally presented in the symposium ¿High Temperature Corrosion and Materials Chemistry 7¿, held during the PRiME 2008 joint international meeting of The Electrochemical Society and The Electrochemical Society of Japan, with the technical cosponsorship of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, the Korean Electrochemical Society, the Electrochemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and the Chinese Society of Electrochemistry. This meeting was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from October 12 to 17, 2008.