TY - BOOK AU - Fultz,B. TI - Phase transitions in materials SN - 9781107067240(hb) AV - QC175.16.P5 F86 2014 U1 - 530.424 FUL/Pha 23 PY - 2014/// CY - UK PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Phase transformations (Statistical physics) KW - Textbooks KW - Thermodynamics KW - Materials KW - Thermal properties KW - Statistical mechanics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Essentials of T-c phase diagrams -- Diffusion -- Nucleation -- Effects of diffusion and nucleation on phase transformations -- Energy -- Entropy -- Pressure -- Atom movements with the vacancy mechanism -- Melting -- Transformations involving precipitates and interfaces -- Spinodal decomposition -- Phase field theory -- Method of concentration waves and chemical ordering -- Diffusionless transformations -- Thermodynamics of nanomaterials -- Magnetic and electronic phase transitions -- Phase transitions in quantum materials -- Low temperature analysis of phase boundaries -- Cooperative behavior near a critical temperature -- Elastic energy of solid precipitates -- Statistical kinetics of ordering transformations -- Diffusion, dissipation, and inelastic scattering -- Vibrational thermodynamics of materials at high temperatures ER -