Kinetic Phase Diagrams: Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions (Studies in Modern Thermodynamics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444885137 ISBN 13: 9780444885135

Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

The present theoretical and experimental knowledge of the time evolution of a system during solidification, not only in equilibrium, but also in nonequilibrium conditions, is summarized in this book. Such knowledge is of fundamental importance for the determination of the constitution of materials or of the technological conditions necessary to prepare materials with a desired structure. Emphasizing the importance of kinetic phase diagrams, the authors focus the attention of the reader on the problems connected with nonequilibrium conditions, that are encountered during real phase transformations. A critical review of phenomenological and statistical theories of phase transformations and of mass and heat transport enables the reader to determine the range of applicability of concrete models for the description of the evolution of a given system. The book is supplemented with several less-known methods and results of phase characterization, including a detailed account of the Soviet school of T.A. Cherepanova which is not well known in the West. The text also covers the modern research area of glasses and their preparation. The book should prove invaluable to research workers in the fields of materials research, solid state thermodynamics and the kinetics of phase transformations. It will prove useful for a postgraduate study in the field of advanced thermodynamics, and will be valuable to physical chemists, chemists and physicists who are interested in the theory of phase transformation kinetics. They will appreciate the introduction to the foundations of material processes and the description of the processes which take place during the preparation of new materials.

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Professor Šesták is a multi-award-winning scientist, educator and photographer. After completing his Ph.D. in 1968, we went on to hold the titles of D.Sc Material Science and Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Pardubice, Full Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, and was awarded Dr.h.c. for his life achievements in solid-state chemistry and physics by Pardubice University in 2010. He has worked around the world, including positions at the Institute of Physics (Czech Republic), Nuclear Centre in Studsvik, (Sweden), University of Missouri at Rola (USA), Kyoto University (Japan), Taiwan National University in Taipei (Taiwan), Charles University in Prague, University of West Bohemia in Pilzen, and University of New York in Prague (Czech Republic). In addition to publishing nearly 300 papers, Professor Šesták has authored, co-authored or edited 17 books with top scientific publishers, given around 250 plenary and invited lectures, and been featured in every edition of ‘Who’s Who in the World’ since 2000.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0444885137
• ISBN 13: 9780444885135
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 630
• Editor: Chvoj Z., Tríska A., Sestak Jaroslav