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This clear, concise and rigorous textbook covers the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions in the context of modern advances in electronic structure and statistical mechanics. The ideal companion for graduate students and researchers in materials science, condensed matter physics, solid state science and physical chemistry.
List of contents
Part I. Basic Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Phase Transformations: 1. Introduction; 2. Essentials of T-c phase diagrams; 3. Diffusion; 4. Nucleation; 5. Effects of diffusion and nucleation on phase transformations; Part II. The Atomic Origins of Thermodynamics and Kinetics: 6. Energy; 7. Entropy; 8. Pressure; 9. Atom movements with the vacancy mechanism; Part III. Types of Phase Transformations: 10. Melting; 11. Transformations involving precipitates and interfaces; 12. Spinodal decomposition; 13. Phase field theory; 14. Method of concentration waves and chemical ordering; 15. Diffusionless transformations; 16. Thermodynamics of nanomaterials; 17. Magnetic and electronic phase transitions; 18. Phase transitions in quantum materials; Part IV. Advanced Topics; 19. Low temperature analysis of phase boundaries; 20. Cooperative behavior near a critical temperature; 21. Elastic energy of solid precipitates; 22. Statistical kinetics of ordering transformations; 23. Diffusion, dissipation, and inelastic scattering; 24. Vibrational thermodynamics of materials at high temperatures.
About the author
Brent Fultz is the Barbara and Stanley R. Rawn, Jr, Professor of Materials Science and Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He has been awarded a Presidential Young Investigator Award, the EMPMD Distinguished Scientist Award (2010), and has led large projects such as the state-of-the-art neutron scattering instrument, ARCS, and data analysis for neutron scattering experiments, DANSE.
Summary
This clear, concise and rigorous textbook covers the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions in the context of modern advances in electronic structure and statistical mechanics. The ideal companion for graduate students and researchers in materials science, condensed matter physics, solid state science and physical chemistry.
