●Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1 Thermodynamics and Phase Diagrams
1.1 Equilibrium
1.2 Single Component Systems
1.2.1 Gibbs Free Energy as a Function of Temperature
1.2.2 Pressure Effects
1.2.3 The Driving Force for Solidification
1.3 Binary Solutions
1.3.1 The Gibbs Free Energy of Binary Solutions
1.3.2 Ideal Solutions
1.3.3 Chemical Potential
1.3.4 Regular Solutions
1.3.5 Activity
1.3.6 Real Solutions
1.3.7 Ordered Phases
1.3.8 Intermediate Phases
1.4 Equilibrium in Heterogeneous Systems
1.5 Binary Phase Diagrams
1.5.1 A Simple Phase Diagram
1.5.2 Systems with a Miscibility Gap
1.5.3 Ordered Alloys
1.5.4 Simple Eutectic Systems
1.5.5 Phase Diagrams Containing Intermediate Phases
1.5.6 The Gibbs Phase Rule
1.5.7 The Effect of Temperature on Solid Solubility
1.5.8 Equilibrium Vacancy Concentration
1.6 The Influence of Interfaces on Equilibrium
1.7 Ternary Equilibrium
1.8 Additional Thermodynamic Relationships for Binary Solutions
1.9 Computation of Phase Diagrams
1.9.1 Pure Stoichiometric Substances
1.9.2 Solution Phases
1.9.2.1 Substitutional Solutions
1.10 The Kinetics of Phase Transformations
References
Further Reading
Exercises
2 Diffusion
2.1 Atomic Mechanisms of Diffusion
2.2 Interstitial Diffusion
2.2.1 Interstitial Diffusion as a Random Jump Process
2.2.2 Effect of Temperature—Thermal Activation
2.2.3 Steady-State Diffusion
2.2.4 Nonsteady-State Diffusion
2.2.5 Solutions to the Diffusion Equation
2.3 Substitutional Diffusion
2.3.1 Self-Diffusion
2.3.2 Vacancy Diffusion
2.3.3 Diffusion in Substitutional Alloys
2.3.4 Diffusion in Dilute Substitutional Alloys
2.4 Atomic Mobility
2.5 Tracer Diffusion in Binary Alloys
2.6 Diffusion in Ternary Alloys
2.7 High-Diffusivity Paths
2.7.1 Diffusion along Grain Boundaries and Free Surfaces
2.7.2 Diffusion along Dislocations
2.8 Diffusion in ltiphase Binary Systems
References
Further Reading
Exercises
3 Crystal Interfaces and Microstructure
3.1 Interfacial Free Energy
3.2 Solid/Vapour Interfaces
3.3 Boundaries in Single-Phase Solids
3.3.1 Low-Angle and High-Angle Boundaries
3.3.2 Special High-Angle Grain Boundaries
3.3.3 Equilibrium in Polycrystalline Materials
3.3.4 Thermally Activated Migration of Grain Boundaries
3.3.5 The Kinetics of Grain Growth
3.4 Interphase Interfaces in Solids
3.4.1 Interface Coherence
3.4.2 Second-Phase Shape: Interfacial Energy Effects
3.4.3 Second-Phase Shape: Misfit Strain Effects
3.4.4 Coherency Loss
3.4.5 Glissile Interfaces
3.4.6 Solid/Liquid Interfaces
3.5 Interface Migration
3.5.1 Diffusion-Controlled and Interface-Controlled Growth
References
Further Reading
Exercises
4 Solidification
4.1 Nucleation in Pure Metals
4.1.1 Homogeneous Nucleation
4.1.2 The Homogeneous Nucleation Rate
4.1.3 Heterogeneous Nucleation
4.1.4 Nucleation of Melting
4.2 Growth of a Pure Solid
4.2.1 Continuous Growth
4.2.2 Lateral Growth
4.2.3 Heat Flow and Interface Stability
4.3 Alloy Solidification
4.3.1 Solidification of Single-Phase Alloys
4.3.2 Eutectic Solidification
4.3.3 Off-Eutectic Alloys
4.3.4 Peritectic Solidification
4.4 Solidification of Ingots and Castings
4.4.1 Ingot Structure
4.4.2 Segregation in Ingots and Castings
4.4.3 Continuous Casting
4.5 Solidification of Fusion Welds
4.6 Solidification during Quenching from the Melt
4.7 Metallic Glasses
4.7.1 Thermodynamics and Kinetics
4.8 Case Studies of some Practical Castings and Welds
4.8.1 Casting of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels
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