Phase transformation in metals and alloys

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
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2 Diffusion
3 Crystal Interfaces and Microstructure
4 Solidification
5 Diffusional Transformations in Solids
6 Diffusionless Transformations

Solutions to Exercises
Index