Transformations of materials / Dimitri D. Vvedensky.

By: Vvedensky, Dimitri D. (Dimitri Dimitrievich) [author.]Contributor(s): Morgan & Claypool Publishers [publisher.] | Institute of Physics (Great Britain) [publisher.]Material type: TextTextSeries: IOP (Series)Release 6 | IOP concise physicsPublisher: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]Distributor: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color)Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781643276205 ebookSubject(s): Phase transformations (Statistical physics) | Materials | Condensed matter physics (liquid state & solid state physics) | SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed MatterAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 544.015.4 LOC classification: QC175.16.P5 V848 2019ebOnline resources: e-book Full-text access Also available in print.
Contents:
1. Overview of thermodynamics -- 1.1. Basic concepts and terminology -- 1.2. The laws of thermodynamics -- 1.3. Fundamental equations -- 1.4. Thermal, mechanical, and chemical equilibria -- 1.5. Phase equilibria -- 1.6. Summary
2. Brownian motion, random walks, and the diffusion equation -- 2.1. Random walks and Brownian motion -- 2.2. Fick's laws and the diffusion equation -- 2.3. Fundamental solution of the diffusion equation -- 2.4. Examples -- 2.5. Summary
3. Atomic diffusion in solids -- 3.1. Defects in solids -- 3.2. Thermodynamics of point defects -- 3.3. Diffusion mechanisms -- 3.4. Transition-state theory -- 3.5. Analysis of diffusion experiments -- 3.6. Summary
4. Spinodal decomposition -- 4.1. The Bragg-Williams model -- 4.2. The phase diagram -- 4.3. The Cahn-Hilliard equation -- 4.4. Experiments on spinodal decomposition -- 4.5. Summary
5. Nucleation and growth -- 5.1. Classical nucleation theory -- 5.2. Nucleation rate of solid-state transformations -- 5.3. Homogeneous versus heterogeneous nucleation -- 5.4. Overall transformation rate -- 5.5. Summary
6. Instabilities of solidification fronts -- 6.1. Solidification of a pure liquid -- 6.2. Motion of a spherical solidification front -- 6.3. Linear stability of spherical front -- 6.4. Constitutional supercooling -- 6.5. Summary
7. Diffusionless transformations -- 7.1. Martensitic transformations -- 7.2. Shape memory alloys and pseudoelasticity -- 7.3. Theory of pseudoelasticity -- 7.4. Summary
Appendix A. Contour integral for the fundamental solution -- Appendix B. Curvature of plane curves -- Appendix C. Integrals for droplet nucleation.
Abstract: Phase transformations are among the most intriguing and technologically useful phenomena in materials, particularly with regard to controlling microstructure. After a review of thermodynamics, this book has chapters on Brownian motion and the di
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1. Overview of thermodynamics -- 1.1. Basic concepts and terminology -- 1.2. The laws of thermodynamics -- 1.3. Fundamental equations -- 1.4. Thermal, mechanical, and chemical equilibria -- 1.5. Phase equilibria -- 1.6. Summary

2. Brownian motion, random walks, and the diffusion equation -- 2.1. Random walks and Brownian motion -- 2.2. Fick's laws and the diffusion equation -- 2.3. Fundamental solution of the diffusion equation -- 2.4. Examples -- 2.5. Summary

3. Atomic diffusion in solids -- 3.1. Defects in solids -- 3.2. Thermodynamics of point defects -- 3.3. Diffusion mechanisms -- 3.4. Transition-state theory -- 3.5. Analysis of diffusion experiments -- 3.6. Summary

4. Spinodal decomposition -- 4.1. The Bragg-Williams model -- 4.2. The phase diagram -- 4.3. The Cahn-Hilliard equation -- 4.4. Experiments on spinodal decomposition -- 4.5. Summary

5. Nucleation and growth -- 5.1. Classical nucleation theory -- 5.2. Nucleation rate of solid-state transformations -- 5.3. Homogeneous versus heterogeneous nucleation -- 5.4. Overall transformation rate -- 5.5. Summary

6. Instabilities of solidification fronts -- 6.1. Solidification of a pure liquid -- 6.2. Motion of a spherical solidification front -- 6.3. Linear stability of spherical front -- 6.4. Constitutional supercooling -- 6.5. Summary

7. Diffusionless transformations -- 7.1. Martensitic transformations -- 7.2. Shape memory alloys and pseudoelasticity -- 7.3. Theory of pseudoelasticity -- 7.4. Summary

Appendix A. Contour integral for the fundamental solution -- Appendix B. Curvature of plane curves -- Appendix C. Integrals for droplet nucleation.

Phase transformations are among the most intriguing and technologically useful phenomena in materials, particularly with regard to controlling microstructure. After a review of thermodynamics, this book has chapters on Brownian motion and the di

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Dimitri Dimitrievich Vvedensky is Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics at Imperial College London. He obtained his B.S. in Mathematics at the University of Maryland and his S.M. and Ph.D in Materials Science at the Massachusetts Ins

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