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This book provides a unified understanding of metals and their alloys from the standpoint of chemical bonding theory. This book comprises two parts, Fundamentals and Applications. In the Fundamentals part, four theoretical quantities (cohesive energy, energy fluctuation, atomic population, and atomic bonding population) obtained from molecular orbital calculations are utilized to develop a unified logic for various problems about the relationship between bonding, structure, properties, and reactions of materials. In the Applications part, various practical metallic alloys (fifteen alloys such as Al, Fe, Ti, Cu, Mg alloys) are systematically organized into six alloy types (solid solution hardening type, age hardening type, work hardening type, corrosion resistance type, heat resistance type, casting type) and solutions to some disputed issues are proposed based on the chemical bonding theory. In particular, this book proposes a new concept of the strength of metallic materials instead of the conventional classical dislocation theory. This book intellectually stimulates young engineers/graduate students interested in materials science and professional experts involved in metallic materials by offering an innovative perspective for their research/development activities.
List of contents
Part I:Fundamentals.- 1.Logical framework for constructing materials science definitions, axioms, and theorems.- 2.Constitution of Materials Science Bonding-Structure-Property-Reaction.- 3. Quantum Chemical Bonding Approach to Alloy Theory.- Part II:Applications.- 4.Classification and Applications of Practical Metallic Alloys.- 5. Quantum Chemical Application to Metallic Materials.- Appendix.
About the author
Satoru Yamamoto received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 1970. His research interests include theoretical reaction kinetics, reaction mechanism in metallic alloys, quantum chemistry of chemical bonding, and also his research extends to natural philosophy. He published 75 papers in domestic and international scientific journals such as Acta materialia or Z. physikalische Chemie, et al. He is the author of 13 books; “A Trial of New Reaction Kinetics” (1979) which proposed a new theory of reaction kinetics based on the uncertainty principle, in addition to 4 books on new materials science described from a viewpoint of chemical bonding, 5 books on conceptual analysis of science and cognition, and 3 books on cast iron materials.
Teruo Tanabe received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 1975. His research activity in his early carrier intended to reaction kinetics of metallurgy and environmental issues, and then extended to the field of theoretical science including epistemological studies of nature. He published 68 papers in domestic and international scientific journals such as Metallurgical Trans. AIME, et al. He is the author of 10 books, half of which he co-authored with Dr. Yamamoto. He has also worked hard to educate young researchers/engineers and published a series of 34 articles on new materials science in the journal over a three-year period. He received the “2003 Scientific Achievement Award” from the American Biographical Institute (ABI) for his work.
Summary
This book provides a unified understanding of metals and their alloys from the standpoint of chemical bonding theory. This book comprises two parts, Fundamentals and Applications. In the Fundamentals part, four theoretical quantities (cohesive energy, energy fluctuation, atomic population, and atomic bonding population) obtained from molecular orbital calculations are utilized to develop a unified logic for various problems about the relationship between bonding, structure, properties, and reactions of materials. In the Applications part, various practical metallic alloys (fifteen alloys such as Al, Fe, Ti, Cu, Mg alloys) are systematically organized into six alloy types (solid solution hardening type, age hardening type, work hardening type, corrosion resistance type, heat resistance type, casting type) and solutions to some disputed issues are proposed based on the chemical bonding theory. In particular, this book proposes a new concept of the strength of metallic materials instead of the conventional classical dislocation theory. This book intellectually stimulates young engineers/graduate students interested in materials science and professional experts involved in metallic materials by offering an innovative perspective for their research/development activities.
