Metastable solids from undercooled melts /
This book presents the physical concepts and tools to characterize and describe the formation of metastable solids from undercooled melts. Its aim is to facilitate understanding of the development of the science and technology of solidification of melts and to introduce new concepts within this exci...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | |
---|---|
Corporate Authors: | |
Group Author: | ; |
Published: |
Elsevier,
|
Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; London : |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Pergamon materials series
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/14701804/10 |
Summary: |
This book presents the physical concepts and tools to characterize and describe the formation of metastable solids from undercooled melts. Its aim is to facilitate understanding of the development of the science and technology of solidification of melts and to introduce new concepts within this exciting research field in order to fulfil the challenges of the future in the field of undercooled melts. A comprehensive description of the science and applications of the undercooling phenomenon is given. It is composed of several main parts: experimental techniques for undercooling; characterizati |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi, 432 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780080436388 0080436382 9780080468860 0080468861 |
Index Number: | QC331 |
CLC: | O414.14 |
Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Approach To High Undercoolings -- 3. Physics Of Undercooled Liquid -- 4. Solid-Liquid Interface -- 5. Nucleation -- 6. Crystal Growth In Undercooled Melts -- 7. Cooperative Growth In Undercooled Polyphase Alloys -- 8. Metastable Solid States And Phases -- 9. Microstructure Selection Maps -- 10. Experiments In Reduced Gravity -- 11. Summary And Conclusions. |