This volume contains the papers presented at the Joint Syrnposium of the Corrosion and Blectronics Divisions of The Electrochemical Societ'f on the Surfa.ce Chemistry of Metals
and Semiconductors held in Columbus, Ohio, October 19-21, 1959. l11e symposium was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Electrochemical Society. It was conceived as a n1edium for an effective exchange of theory and technology between the fields of metal surfaces and semiconductor surfaces. Dr. J. N. Faust, Jr&, co-chairman of the Symposium shared with n1e the responsibility of its organization and planning.