Science and Technology of Rapid Solidification and Processing

This book reviews the major advances made in recent years in both the theoretical and experimental areas of rapid solidification technology and processing. Topics covered include: processing technologies of rapid solidification and thermodynamic properties; thermodynamics of metastable alloys, relaxation, diffusion, magnetic and electric properties; the structural characterization of supercooled melts, and ultrafine polycrystalline materials.

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This text reviews the advances in rapid solidification technology and processing. Topics covered include: processing technologies of rapid solidification and thermodynamic properties and thermodynamics of metastable alloys, relaxation, diffusion, magnetic and electric properties.

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Preface. Grain Boundary Deformation and Fracture of a Fine Grained, High Purity AL-2% MG Alloy at 150°C (423K); H.C. Chang, N.J. Grant. Growth Parameters in Formation and Stability of Rapidly Solidified Microstructure; H. Jones. Synthesis and Properties of Bulk Metallic Glass; W.L. Johnson, A. Peker. Synthesis, Fabrication and Properties of Bulk Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Alloys; S.J. Poon, Y. He, G.J. Shiflet, G.M. Dougherty. Aluminum-Rich Metallic Glasses; G.S. Shiflet, Y. He, G.M. Dougherty, H. Chen. Numerical and Experimental Study of Porosity Evolution during Plasma Spray Deposition of W; H. Liu, W. Cai, R.H. Rangel, E. Lavernia. Spray Processing of Ti Metal Matrix Composites; P.S. Grant, Y.Y. Zhao, J.H. Li, M.L. Jenkins, B. Cantor. Spray Forming with Uniform Droplets; C.A. Chen S. Sahu, J.-H. Chun, T. Ando. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Alloys and Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs) Processed by the Spray Forming Technique; J.S. Zhang, W.J. Zhang, G.L. Chen. Surface Crystallization and Field Induced Anisotropy of Cobalt-Rich Amorphous Alloys; C.K., Kim, R.C. O'Handley, W.K. Ho. A Perspective on the High Resistance to Coarsening and Durability of Silicide Dispersions in RSPM Al-Fe-V-Si Alloys; D.M.J. Wilkes, H. Jones. Short-Drop-Tube Experiments on AlCuFe Alloys; C. Voltz, B. Vinet, J. Blétry. Solidification of Refractory Materials Processed in the Ultrahigh-Vacuum Drop Tube at the CEREM/Grenoble; S. Tournier, B. Vinet, E. Cini. Thixoforming of Spray Cast Materials; A. Zavaliangos, A. Lawley. High Temperature Deformation of Rapidly Solidified 7091 P/M Aluminium Alloy; H.N. Azari, G.S. Murty, G.S. Upadhyaya. Microstructures, Tensile Properties and Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of the Zirconium Modified 2024 Alloys Processed by Liquid Dynamic Compaction; X. Duan, A. Farah, I. Ücok, N.J. Grant. Processing and Structure of a Rapidly Solidified Mg-8.5wt.%Li-1wt.%Ca-1wt.%Y Alloy via Liquid Dynamic Compaction; I. Ücok, K. Kubota. Rapid Solidification Processing of Discontinuously-Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites; T.S. Srivastan, T.S. Sudarshan, E.J. Lavernia. Processing and Properties of Spray Formed 2xxx Aluminum Alloys; A. Kahveci. Self-Diffusion and Relaxation Processes in Amorphous Metallic Alloys; H. Kronmüller, W. Frank, P. Scharwaechter. Microscopic Criteria for Glass Formation; T. Egami. Magnetic Behavior in Nanocrystalline Fe-Cu-Nb-Si-B Alloys at Elevated Temperatures; I. Skorvánek, C.K. Kim, R.C. O'Handley. Diffusion, Oxidation, and Nucleation of Crystalline Phases in the Glass-Forming Systems Zr60Ni25Al15; S. Schneider, X. Sun, M.-A. Nicolet, W.L. Johnson. Non-Contact AC Calorimetry of Undercooled Alloys; D.S. Lee, D. Uffelman, W.L. Johnson. Diffraction Studies of the Structure of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Fe-W Alloys; C.N.J. Wagner, E. Yang, M.S. Boldrick. Structural Characteristics of the Nanocrystalline Materials Synthesized by Completely Crystallizing Amorphous Alloys; K. Lu. Theory of Crystallization of PZT Thin Films; E. Dang. Subject Index.