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This textbook illustrates one-component phase diagrams, binary equilibrium phase diagrams and ternary phase diagrams for ceramics, polymers and alloys by presenting case studies on preparation processes, and provides up-to-date information on nano-crystal materials, non-crystal materials and functional materials. As second volume in the set, it is an extension of the first volume on physical aspect of materials.

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Table of Content:Chapter 1 Deformation and recrystallization of materials1.1 Elasticity and viscoelasticity1.3 Plastic deformation of crystals1.3 Recovery and recrystallization1.4 Thermal deformation and dynamic recovery and recrystallization1.5 Ceramics deformations1.6 Macropolymer deformationsReferencesChapter 2 One-component system phase diagrams and solidification of pure crystals2.1 Thermodynamics and phase equilibrium in one-component system2.2 Solidification of pure crystals2.3 Gas-solid phase transformation and film growth2.4 Crystallization characteristics of polymersChapter 3 Binary equilibrium phase diagrams and principles solidification and preparation of alloys3.1 Expression and measurement of phase diagrams3.2 Thermodynamics of phase diagrams3.3 Analysis of binary equilibrium phase diagrams3.4 Solidification theory of binary alloys3.5 Polymer alloy3.6 Ceramic alloyChapter 4 Ternary phase diagrams4.1 Fundamentals of ternary phase diagrams4.3 Ternary phase diagrams for unlimited solid solubility4.4 Ternary phase diagrams for limited solid solubility4.4 Ternary phase diagrams constructed by two binary eutectic systems and one binary isomorphous system4.5 Ternary eutectic-peritectic phase diagrams4.6 Ternary peritectic phase diagrams containing four-phase equilibrium reactions4.7 Ternary phase diagram having stable compounds4.8 Examples of ternary phase diagrams4.9 SummaryChapter 5 Metastable state of materials5.1 Nanocrystalline materials5.2 Quasi-crystalline state5.3 Amorphous materials5.4 Metastable phase by solid state phase transformationChapter 6 Functional characteristics of materials6.1 Functional materials and physical fundamentals6.3 Electrical properties6.3 Thermal properties6.4 Magnetic properties6.5 Optical propertiesReferences

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Xun Cai, Yonghua Rong, Gengxiang Hu, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Ze Huang, East China University of Technology, Shanghai, China

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