The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) in Princeton, N.J. released Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials Processing, a 536-p book that is a sequel to Powder Metallurgy Science, published in 1984 with a second edition in 1994. The new book is written from a perspective based on the laws of physics, chemistry, mechanics and dynamics, thermodynamics, kinetics and chemical engineering as applied to powder metallurgy and particulate materials. The book includes 16 chapters, each divided into many small segments that can be used without reading the entire book. Appendices are included.