Revised to reflect recent developments in the field, Phase Transformation in Metals and Alloys, Fourth Edition, continues to be the most authoritative and approachable resource on the subject. It supplies a comprehensive
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Revised to reflect recent developments in the field, Phase Transformation in Metals and Alloys, Fourth Edition, continues to be the most authoritative and approachable resource on the subject. It supplies a comprehensive overview of specific types of phase transformations, supplemented by practical case studies of engineering alloys. The book’s unique presentation links a basic understanding of theory with application in a gradually progressive yet exciting manner. Based on the authors’ teaching notes, the text takes a pedagogical approach and provides examples for applications and problems that can be readily used for exercises.
NEW IN THE FOURTH EDITION
40% of the figures and 30% of the text
Insights provided by numerical modelling techniques such as ab initio, phase field, cellular automaton, and molecular dynamics
Insights from the application of advanced experimental techniques, such as high-energy X-ray diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, combined with electron backscattered diffraction
New treatment of ternary phase diagrams and solubility products
The concept of para equilibrium in systems containing highly mobile interstitial elements
Thermodynamics of grain boundaries and the influence of segregation on grain boundary diffusion
Reference to software tools for solving diffusion problems in multicomponent systems
Introduction to concepts related to coincident site lattices and methods for determining the dislocation content of grain boundaries and interfaces
Updated treatment of coherency and interface structure including the important fcc–bcc interfaces
Treatment of metallic glasses expanded to cover critical cooling rate
Austin–Rickets equation introduced as an alternative to the Avrami equation in the case of precipitation kinetics
Discussion of the effects of overlap in nucleation, growth and coarsening
Discussion of pearlite and bainite transformations updated
Entirely new and extensive treatment of diffusion less martensitic transformations covering athermal and thermally activated martensite in ferrous systems as well as shape memory, super elasticity and rubber-like behavior in ordered nonferrous alloys
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