"Principles of Solidification" offers comprehensive descriptions of liquid-to-solid transitions encountered in shaped casting, welding, and non-biological bulk crystal growth processes. The book logically develops through careful presentation of relevant thermodynamic and kinetic theories and models of solidification occurring in a variety of materials. Major topics encompass the liquid-state, liquid-solid transformations, chemical macro- and microsegregation, purification by fractional crystallization and zone refining, solid-liquid interfaces, polyphase freezing, and rapid solidification processing. Solid-liquid interfaces are discussed quantitatively both as sharp and diffuse entities, with supporting differential geometric descriptions. The book offers:
- Detailed mathematical examples throughout to guide readers
- Applications of solidification and crystal growth methodologies for preparation and purification of metals, ceramics, polymers and semiconductors
- Appendices providing supporting information on special topics covered in the chapters.
Readers in materials, metallurgical, chemical, and mechanical engineering will find this to be a useful source on the subjects of solidification and crystal growth. Chemists, physicists, and geologists concerned with melting/freezing phenomena will also find much of value in this book.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I Introductory Aspects. - Crystals & Melts. - Thermodynamics of Crystal-Melt Phase Change. - Thermal Concepts in Solidification. - Solidification of Pure Materials. - Part II Macrosegregation. - Solute Mass Balances: Macrosegregation. - Plane-Front Solidication. - Composition Control. - Part III Solid-Liquid Interfaces: Capillarity, Stability, Nucleation. - Crystal-Molt Interfaces. - Constitutional Supercooling. - Linear Morphological Stability. - Non-Linear Stability Models. - Nucleation Catalysis. - Part IV Microstructure Evolution. - Dendritic Growth. - Microsegregation. - Interface Structures and Kinetics. - Polyphase Solidification. - Rapid Solidification Processing.
