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Physical metallurgy and advanced materials [electronic resource]

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Physical Metallurgy and Advanced Materials is the latest edition of the classic book previously published as Modern Physical Metallurgy & Materials Engineering. Fully revised and expanded, this new edition develops on its predecessor by including detailed coverage of the latest topics in metallu...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Knovel)
Main Author: Smallman, R. E.
Other Authors: Ngan, A. H. W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, 2007.
Edition:7th ed. /
Subjects:
Physical metallurgy.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Atoms and atomic arrangements
  • 1.1 The realm of materials science
  • 1.2 The free atom
  • 1.2.1 The four electron quantum numbers
  • 1.2.2 Nomenclature for the electronic states
  • 1.3 The Periodic Table
  • 1.4 Interatomic bonding in materials
  • 1.5 Bonding and energy levels
  • 1.6 Crystal lattices and structures
  • 1.7 Crystal directions and planes
  • 1.8 Stereographic projection
  • 1.9 Selected crystal structures
  • 1.9.1 Pure metals
  • 1.9.2 Diamond and graphite
  • 1.9.3 Coordination in ionic crystals
  • 1.9.4 AB-type compounds
  • Chapter 2 Phase equilibria and structure
  • 2.1 Crystallization from the melt
  • 2.1.1 Freezing of a pure metal
  • 2.1.2 Plane-front and dendritic solidification at a cooled surface
  • 2.1.3 Forms of cast structure
  • 2.1.4 Gas porosity and segregation
  • 2.1.5 Directional solidification
  • 2.1.6 Production of metallic single crystals for research
  • 2.2 Principles and applications of phase diagrams
  • 2.2.1 The concept of a phase
  • 2.2.2 The Phase Rule
  • 2.2.3 Stability of phases
  • 2.2.4 Two-phase equilibria
  • 2.2.5 Three-phase equilibria and reactions
  • 2.2.6 Intermediate phases
  • 2.2.7 Limitations of phase diagrams
  • 2.2.8 Some key phase diagrams
  • 2.2.9 Ternary phase diagrams
  • 2.3 Principles of alloy theory
  • 2.3.1 Primary substitutional solid solutions
  • 2.3.2 Interstitial solid solutions
  • 2.3.3 Types of intermediate phases
  • 2.3.4 Order-disorder phenomena
  • 2.4 The mechanism of phase changes
  • 2.4.1 Kinetic considerations
  • 2.4.2 Homogeneous nucleation
  • 2.4.3 Heterogeneous nucleation
  • 2.4.4 Nucleation in solids
  • Chapter 3 Crystal defects
  • 3.1 Types of imperfection
  • 3.2 Point defects
  • 3.2.1 Point defects in metals
  • 3.2.2 Point defects in non-metallic crystals
  • 3.2.3 Irradiation of solids
  • 3.2.4 Point defect concentration and annealing
  • 3.3 Line defects
  • 3.3.1 Concept of a dislocation
  • 3.3.2 Edge and screw dislocations
  • 3.3.3 The Burgers vector
  • 3.3.4 Mechanisms of slip and climb
  • 3.3.5 Strain energy associated with dislocations
  • 3.3.6 Dislocations in ionic structures
  • 3.4 Planar defects
  • 3.4.1 Grain boundaries
  • 3.4.2 Twin boundaries
  • 3.4.3 Extended dislocations and stacking faults in close-packed crystals
  • 3.5 Volume defects
  • 3.5.1 Void formation and annealing
  • 3.5.2 Irradiation and voiding
  • 3.5.3 Voiding and fracture
  • 3.6 Defect behavior in common crystal structures
  • 3.6.1 Dislocation vector diagrams and the Thompson tetrahedron
  • 3.6.2 Dislocations and stacking faults in fcc structures
  • 3.6.3 Dislocations and stacking faults in cph structures
  • 3.6.4 Dislocations and stacking faults in bcc structures
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