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   PR # 42009
   ASCA and EUVE coronal spectra and photospheric studies of RS CVn's
   and Algols suggest they are metal-poor relative to the Sun by factors
   of ~2-10. This does not fit with their ages of ~2-3 Gyr or less.
   Unlike the RS CVn's and Algol's observed by ASCA to-date, sig Gem and
   lam And - the two brightest long period RS CVn's in the X-ray sky -
   do not have composite spectra. ASCA observations of these stars will
   reveal unambiguously if their coronae have the same metal abundances
   as their photospheres, and will pin down the origin of the
   anomalously strong continua seen in their EUVE spectra. ASCA spectra
   will also provide the first coronal comparison between synchronized
   (sig Gem) and asynchronous (lam And) RS CVn's. No "classical" long
   period RS CVn's have been observed by ASCA to-date.
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