Basics Of Thermodynamics And Phase Transitions In Complex Intermetallics

by Belin-Ferre, Esther

• ISBN13: 9789812790583
• ISBN10: 9812790586
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-14
• Publisher: Textstream

Summary

Complex 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
An introduction to complex metallic alloys and to the CMA network of excellence	p. 1
Thermodynamics and phase diagrams	p. 31
Permanent magnets and microstructure	p. 51
Solidification	p. 73
Diffusive phase transformations	p. 99
Diffusionless transformations	p. 119
Intermetallics: characteristics, problems and prospects	p. 147
An introduction to electronic structure methods	p. 189
Crystallography of complex metallic alloys	p. 219
Electronic properties of alloys	p. 259
Electron transport properties of complex metallic alloys	p. 319
Chemical bonding and crystallographic features	p. 367
Plasticity of complex metallic alloys	p. 377
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