Phase Transformations in Materials

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For all kinds of materials, phase transformations show common phenomena and mechanisms, and often turn a material, for example metals, multiphase alloys, ceramics or composites, into its technological useful form.
The physics and thermodynamics of a transformation from the solid to liquid state or from one crystal form to another are therefore essential for creating high-performance materials.
This handbook covers phase transformations, a general phenomenon central to understanding the behavior of materials and for creating high-performance materials. It will be an essential reference for all materials scientists, physicists and engineers involved in the research and development of new high performance materials. It is the revised and enhanced edition of the renowned book edited by the late P. Haasen in 1990 (Vol. 5, Materials Science and Technology).



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One of the common features of all kinds of materials is "phase transformations", which rates among the fundamental phenomena central to materials science. This handbook gives an up-to-date survey on the physics and thermodynamics involved in the study of the phase transformations of materials. The importance of this topic for the development of modern high-performance materials (steels, alloys, ceramics and composites) is emphasized in several examples.


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