Phase transformation in metals and alloys

Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition

1 Thermodynamics and Phase Diagrams
1．1 Equilibrium
1．2 Single Component Systems
1．2．1 Gibbs Free Energy as a Function of Temperature
1．2．2 Pressure Effects
1．2．3 The Driving Force for Solidification
1．3 Binary Solutions
1．3．1 The Gibbs Free Energy of Binary Solutions
1．3．2 Ideal Solutions
1．3．3 Chemical Potential
1．3．4 Regular Solutions
1．3．5 Activity
1．3．6 Real Solutions
1．3．7 Ordered Phases
1．3．8 Intermediate Phases
1．4 Equilibrium in Heterogeneous Systems
1．5 Binary Phase Diagrams
1．5．1 A Simple Phase Diagram
1．5．2 Systems with a Miscibility Gap
1．5．3 Ordered Alloys
1．5．4 Simple Eutectic Systems
1．5．5 Phase Diagrams Containing Intermediate Phases
1．5．6 The Gibbs Phase Rule
1．5．7 The Effect of Temperature on Solid Solubility
1．5．8 Equilibrium Vacancy Concentration
1．6 The Influence of Interfaces on Equilibrium
1．7 Ternary Equilibrium
1．8 Additional Thermodynamic Relationships for Binary Solutions
1．9 Computation of Phase Diagrams
1．9．1 Pure Stoichiometric Substances
1．9．2 Solution Phases
1．9．2．1 Substitutional Solutions
1．10 The Kinetics of Phase Transformations
References
Further Reading
Exercises
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2 Diffusion
3 Crystal Interfaces and Microstructure
4 Solidification
5 Diffusional Transformations in Solids
6 Diffusionless Transformations

Solutions to Exercises
Index