Basics of Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions in Complex IntermetallicsComplex metal alloys (CMAs) comprise a huge group of largely unknown alloys and compounds, where many phases are formed with crystal structures based on giant unit cells containing atom clusters, ranging from tens of to more than thousand atoms per unit cell. In these phases, for many phenomena, the physical length scales are substantially smaller than the unit-cell dimension. Hence, these materials offer unique combinations of properties which are mutually exclusive in conventional materials, such as metallic electric conductivity combined with low thermal conductivity, good light absorption with high-temperature stability, high metallic hardness with reduced wetting by liquids, etc.This book is the first of a series of books issued yearly as a deliverable to the European Community of the School established within the European Network of Excellence CMA. Written by reputed experts in the fields of metal physics, surface physics, surface chemistry, metallurgy, and process engineering, this book brings together expertise found inside as well as outside the network to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge in CMAs. |
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Contents
An introduction to complex metallic alloys and to the CMA network of excellence JeanMarie Dubois | 1 |
Thermodynamics and phase diagrams Livio Battezzati | 31 |
Permanent magnets and microstructure Paul McGuiness | 51 |
Solidification Peter Gille | 73 |
Diffusive phase transformations Yves Bréchet | 99 |
Diffusionless transformations C Duhamel S Venkataraman S Scudino J Eckert | 119 |
Intermetallics characteristics problems and prospects Gerhard Sauthoff | 147 |
An introduction to electronic structure methods D A Papaconstantopoulos | 189 |
Crystallography of complex metallic alloys Walter Steurer and Thomas Weber | 219 |
Electronic properties of alloys Östen Rapp | 259 |
Electron transport properties of complex metallic alloys Uichiro Mizutani | 319 |
Chemical bonding and crystallographic features Yuri Grin | 367 |
Plasticity of complex metallic alloys M Feuerbacher | 377 |
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aluminides amorphous alloys amorphous metals approximants atoms austenite band Bragg Brillouin zone Burgers vector calculations chemical CMAs coefficient complex metallic alloys components composition compounds concentration crystal structure crystalline crystallographic cubic curves decreases deformation density diffraction diffuse scattering dislocation disorder effect elastic electron transport enthalpy equation equilibrium experimental factor Fermi level Fermi surface field free electron free electron model free energy growth high temperatures icosahedral increasing interaction interface Intermetallics Laves phases liquid magnetoresistance materials mechanism melt microstructure Nd–Fe–B nucleation parameters permanent magnets phase diagram phase transformations phonon Phys plane precipitation pseudogap quasicrystals reciprocal lattice reciprocal space resistivity sample Sauthoff shown in Fig single crystal solid solution space group specific heat strain stress superconductivity symmetry temperature dependence theory thermal thermodynamic twin unit cell valence velocity weak localization Δρ
Bibliographic information
| Title | Basics of Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions in Complex Intermetallics Volume 1 of Book series on complex metallic alloys |
| Author | Esther Belin-Ferr |
| Publisher | World Scientific, 2008 |
| ISBN | 9812790586, 9789812790583 |
| Length | 399 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Mechanics / Thermodynamics Science / Physics / Condensed Matter Technology & Engineering / Materials Science / General Technology & Engineering / Metallurgy |
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