Phase Transitions in Materials
2nd Edition
Published on 14. May 2020
Book
Hardback
604 pages
978-1-108-48578-4 (ISBN)
Description
The new edition of this popular textbook provides a fundamental approach to phase transformations and thermodynamics of materials. Explanations are emphasised at the level of atoms and electrons, and it comprehensively covers the classical topics from classical metallurgy to nanoscience and magnetic phase transitions. The book has three parts, covering the fundamentals of phase transformations, the origins of the Gibbs free energy, and the major phase transformations in materials science. A fourth part on advanced topics is available online. Much of the content from the first edition has been expanded, notably precipitation transformations in solids, heterogeneous nucleation, and energy, entropy and pressure. Three new chapters have been added to cover interactions within microstructures, surfaces, and solidification. Containing over 170 end-of-chapter problems, it is a valuable companion for graduate students and researchers in materials science, engineering, and applied physics.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 26 Halftones, black and white; 264 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
1507 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-48578-4 (9781108485784)
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Brent Fultz
Phase Transitions in Materials
E-Book
05/2020
Cambridge University Press
€68.99
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Brent Fultz
Phase Transitions in Materials
E-Book
05/2020
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€73.99
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Brent Fultz
Phase Transitions in Materials
Book
08/2014
Cambridge University Press
€99.11
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Person
Brent Fultz is the Rawn Professor of Materials Science and Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology. His awards include the 2016 William Hume-Rothery Award of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Materials Research Society (MRS) and the Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA).
Content
Preface; Notation; Part I. Basic Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Phase Transformations: 2. Temperature-composition phase diagrams; 3. Diffusion; 4. Nucleation; 5. Effects of diffusion and nucleation on phase transformations; Part II. The Atomic Origins of Thermodynamics and Kinetics: 6. Energy; 7. Entropy; 8. Pressure; 9. Interactions in microstructures and constrained equilibrium; 10. Atom movements with the vacancy mechanism; Part III. Types of Phase Transformations: 11. Thermodynamics and phase transitions at surfaces; 12. Melting; 13. Solidification; 14. Phase transformations with interfaces, 1: microstructure; 15. Phase transformations with interfaces, 2: energetics and kinetics; 16. Spinodal decomposition; 17. Phase field theory; 18. Method of concentration waves and chemical ordering; 19. Diffusionless transformations; 20. Thermodynamics of nanomaterials; 21. Magnetic and electronic phase transitions; Further reading; References; Index. Online Chapters - Advanced Topics: 22. Low-temperature analysis of phase boundaries; 23. Statistical kinetics of ordering transformations; 24. Elastic energy of solid precipitates; 25. Diffusion, dissipation, and inelastic scattering; 26. Vibrational thermodynamics of materials at high temperatures; 27. Cooperative behavior near a critical temperature; 28. Phase transitions in quantum materials.